Taken from a children's home as a young boy, Evan Smoak was a trained to become a government operative known as Orphan X. But then he broke with the programme.

Now living out of sight and out of reach of his former employers, Evan chances upon a young woman in a coffee shop in Northern California who needs his help. Brutalized and under the control of a very powerful, dangerous man, she knows her life is at risk if she doesn't escape. And Evan knows that only a man with his particular set of skills has any chance of setting her free. His next move was never in doubt.

Buy A Bullet is the story of the day Orphan X became The Nowhere Man.

'Outstanding in every way'

LEE CHILD

'Read this book. You will thank me later'

DAVID BALDACCI

'The most gripping thriller I've read in a long, long time!'

TESS GERRITSEN

'The page-turner of the season is Orphan X ... Wonderful'

THE TIMES

'Memorable as hell'

JAMES PATTERSON

'The most exciting thriller I've read since The Bourne Identity'

ROBERT CRAIS

'A page-turning masterpiece'

JONATHAN KELLERMAN

'A new series character to rival Reacher'

INDEPENDENT

'A masterpiece of suspense and thrills . . . Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series'

DAILY MAIL

'There is a pristine classicism to Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X, which borrows from Robert Ludlum and superhero lore to bring us Evan Smoak . . . Orphan X is tight and tense in all the right places . . . Orphan X is weapons-grade thriller-writing from a modern master.'

GUARDIAN

'Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense'

HARLAN COBEN

'Orphan X is not good. Orphan X is great. Whatever you like best in a thriller - action, plot, character, suspense - Orphan X has it'

SIMON TOYNE

'Mind blowing! A perfect mix of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher'

LISA GARDNER

'Bond, Frodo, Paddington Bear - some of literature's greatest heroes have been orphans. Add Orphan X's Evan Smoak to the list'

SHORTLIST

'Orphan X is outstanding . . . a smart, stylish, state-of-the-art thriller'

WASHINGTON POST

'Bestseller Hurwitz melds non-stop action and high-tech gadgetry with an acute character study in this excellent series opener . . . Evan Smoak is an electrifying character'

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

'A masterpiece of suspense and thrills . . . Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series'

ASSOCIATED PRESS