Antihero, Gregg Hurwitz

Antihero opening lines: Shiny penny-sized blood drops on the white tile floor of the East Los Angeles bodega reflect back the sterile fluorescent lights above.

My blurb:

Evan is ready to change a few things in his life. He will allow Josephine to go on a mission. But, he will not allow her to distract him … too much. Evan is learning to rely on friends, even though they are not friends in the normal sense of the word. And he will make people pay without killing them. In order to do so, he has to ask the woman tasked with capturing him for her help. Can he trust her to keep her word in order for this new form of revenge?

Antihero

Two problems: A tech-billionaire whose psychological crisis could have catastrophic implications for the global order. And the abduction of vulnerable young woman, Anca, seized from the New York City Subway, held, hurt, then discarded like trash.

One solution: Evan Smoak, a former black ops assassin codenamed Orphan X, now dedicated to helping the desperate with nowhere else to turn.

But saving the world from a powerful man who has lost his mind while pursuing justice for an innocent survivor will test Evan like never before. Especially when complicated by Anca’s inconvenient insistence that he show some measure of mercy to the men who abducted her.

Because if the world’s greatest assassin cannot kill, then this mission just got a whole lot more daunting and dangerous.

As lethal threats mount, Evan may have to choose between upholding a higher code . . . and his own life.

My verdict:

I would love to meet Evan Smoak in real life. He is the perfect arbiter of justice in my opinion. And his way of dealing with aches and pains has often been adopted by me. This is the perfect next step in his life, and I cannot wait for the next book to see how Josephine grows into her adulthood, and how Orphan X learns to adapt to ‘normal’ life.

About the Author:

Gregg Hurwitz is the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Evan Smoak thrillers Orphan X, The Nowhere Man, Hellbent, Out of the Dark, Into the Fire, Prodigal Son, Dark Horse and The Last Orphan. He is also the author of You’re Next, The Survivor, Tell No Lies and Don’t Look Back. He lives with his family in LA, where he also writes for the screen, TV and comics.

Publishing information:

Penguin Random House South Africa sent me this novel to review.

See the links below for blog posts I published on April 19:

• 2021: Apricot Clafoutis
• 2020: Find Me
• 2019: Jasmine Green Tea Pickles
• 2017: Mauro’s Restaurant
• 2015: A Hippo Love Story
• 2012: Chicken Liver Pâté
• 2011: Mushroom Pasta With Truffle Oil
• 2010: Seared Tuna Served On A Bed Of Noodles

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