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Buy a Bullet

An Orphan X Short Story

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Buy a Bullet

By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Brought to you by Penguin.

He is known by some as Evan Smoak. To a few he is known as Orphan X. But generally he is not known at all.

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.


© Gregg Hurwitz 2017 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

 Action & Adventure Espionage Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

Outstanding in every way
Read this book. You will thank me later
The most gripping thriller I've read in a long, long time!
The page-turner of the season is Orphan X ... Wonderful
Memorable as hell
The most exciting thriller I've read since The Bourne Identity
A page-turning masterpiece
A new series character to rival Reacher
A masterpiece of suspense and thrills . . . Turn off the real world and dive into this amazing start to a new series
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.
All stars
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if you are a fan of pulp you might like it, but the "TV science" like throwing jumper leads in a pond to electrocute fish for the dogs is too ridiculous for me.

Pure pulp

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I have mixed feelings about "Bezos" greed in charging the same for short stories as he does for a full novel. I shouldn't be surprised but, I also sincerely doubt he pays the author on the same basis.

lovely example of the short story genre

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This book however is a real ripoff. 37min long for $16 Get your act together. you will lose me as a reader if you don't smarten up

orphan x are normally really good

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It's my own mistake, I didn't check the duration of the recording.

But if I had my time again I wouldn't buy the half issues. They are sperate from the main story line.

A 30min Book is Not Worth a Credit

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I loved the first book, I was keen to buy the next book! After paying for the book, settling in to it… only to realise that it’s only 30 minutes

Being the stubborn fool that I am, I am not supporting this author any more.

DO NOT BUY THIS! It’s a rip off tactic.

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