Hellbent: A Dark Conspiracy. An Innocent Victim (An Orphan X Thriller) ** Signed**
de Hurwitz, Gregg
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0718185463
- ISBN 13
- 9780718185466
- Librería
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carson city, Nevada, United States
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London: Michael Joseph, 2018. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Signed by Gregg Hurwitz on tipped in page - signature only. First Edition, First Printing. With corresponding number line. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks..
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El Feb 14 2020, CloggieDownunder dijo:
Hellbent is the third book in the Orphan X series by best-selling American author, Gregg Hurwitz. The one person that Evan Smoak does not expect to call his Nowhere Man line is his mentor, Jack Johns. And it turns out to be a call he would never want to receive. Soon after, he sees vision of Jack's final moments. But Jack has left him a message and a mission.
Jack's instructions are for Evan to "secure the package" and it takes him a while to understand that the package is a sixteen-year-old girl, an Orphan Program washout, a discard. His initial plan is to stow Joey somewhere safe while he gets on with his revenge mission, because for sure taking along a sixteen-year-old girl will be nothing but a burden. But it all turns out to be less about revenge than something else.
Joey is no ordinary sixteen-year-old girl, and it's entertaining to watch this lone wolf reluctantly working in tandem with a talented and resourceful teen who knows her way around more than just a computer. Perhaps Evan unintentionally slips on some of Jack's commandments occasionally, but now, with Jack's murder, #4 (never make it personal) is off the table. This time it's definitely personal.
While there are many serious moments, including when Jack dies (but cleverly, very cleverly), much of this installment is hilarious. The addition of this whip-smart young woman makes for many laugh-out-loud interactions, and Joey draws on that human part of him that Jack insisted on nurturing.
For novices of this series, the prologue already sets the tone with Evan Smoak, fight-torn, fleeing police pursuit in a stolen car when thumping begins from the vehicle's trunk. Some of the weapon description is likely to make the eyes glaze over, but again, it's easy to picture this on the screen, big or small.
As usual, there is a high body count, predicted by the statement "Evan needed to get food, and then he had people to kill." All that going on, and then a Nowhere Man request that brings his in close quarters with a ruthless Salvadoran gang, the threat of which he disperses very elegantly. The Trojan Horse idea? ingenious! A quick short story (The Intern) follows, then it's on to #4, Out Of The Dark. Excellent page-turners!
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- Librería
- All-Ways Fiction (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 044568
- Título
- Hellbent: A Dark Conspiracy. An Innocent Victim (An Orphan X Thriller) ** Signed**
- Autor
- Hurwitz, Gregg
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- As New
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0718185463
- ISBN 13
- 9780718185466
- Editorial
- Michael Joseph
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2018
- Palabras clave
- VJ1
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