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Dark Horse

Autor Gregg Hurwitz
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 feb 2022

Descoperim aici imaginea unui bărbat care privește în abisul propriei conștiințe înainte de a păși în linia focului: Evan Smoak, asasinul care a ales să devină salvator, se confruntă cu o dilemă care îi fisurează codul etic riguros. Premisa acestui volum din seria Orphan X ne plasează în fața unei contradicții morale profunde. Când un lider al crimei organizate din Texas îi cere ajutorul pentru a-și recupera fiica răpită de un cartel nemilos, Evan trebuie să decidă dacă puritatea victimei poate spăla păcatele celui care solicită salvarea. Observăm o tranziție de la misiunile de justiție clară din Orphan X către o zonă gri, unde liniile dintre bine și rău devin difuze. Stilul lui Gregg Hurwitz păstrează acea precizie chirurgicală a detaliului tehnic, însă aici accentul cade pe izolarea protagonistului în interiorul unei fortărețe mexicane ce pare să oglindească propria sa minte impenetrabilă. Forța narativă a lui Gregg Hurwitz combinată cu sensibilitatea explorată în Prodigal Son — unde legăturile de sânge dictau ritmul — se regăsește și aici, dar cu un glas propriu, mai matur și mai contemplativ. Ritmul nu este doar unul al acțiunii fizice, ci și al unei tensiuni psihologice constante, pe măsură ce Evan realizează că, pentru a salva o viață nevinovată, trebuie să colaboreze cu răul pe care l-a combătut mereu. Este un roman polițist care refuză soluțiile simple, preferând să exploreze costul uman al fiecărei decizii luate sub presiune extremă.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241402870
ISBN-10: 0241402875
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 156 x 240 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Michael Joseph
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Recomandăm această lectură celor care caută un roman polițist în care adrenalina este dublată de o explorare morală autentică. Dacă ați urmărit evoluția lui Evan Smoak în Hellbent, veți găsi aici o maturizare a personajului care îl ridică deasupra clișeelor genului. Cititorul câștigă nu doar o poveste despre o infiltrare imposibilă, ci și o meditație asupra ideii de virtute într-o lume dominată de corupție.


Notă biografică

Gregg Hurwitzis the No. 1Sunday Timesbestselling author of the Evan Smoak thrillersOrphan X,The Nowhere Man, Hellbent,Out of the Dark, Into the Fire, andProdigal Son. He is also the author ofYou're Next,The Survivor,Tell No LiesandDon't Look Back. A graduate of Harvard and Oxford universities, he lives with his family in LA, where he also writes for the screen, TV and comics.

Recenzii

Praise for the Orphan X Series
Sheer escapist fantasy, best enjoyed with all disbelief suspended going in. Sharp, stylish prose, an immensely entertaining adventure
A stellar series, and the stories get better with each instalment. Throwing the main character literally into the fire showcases how truly heroic Evan Smoak is. He's the man you want in your corner when justice is needed
Orphan Xblows the doors off most thrillersI've read and catapults the readers on a cat-and-mouse that feels like a missile launch.Read this book. You will thank me later
Orphan Xishis best yet- a real celebration of all the strengths Gregg Hurwitz brings to a thriller
Another jet-fuelled thriller
Orphan Xismost exciting new series character since Jack Reacher. A page-turning masterpiece of suspense
Mind blowing!A perfect mix of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher
Orphan Xis the most exciting thriller I've read sinceThe Bourne Identity...A new thriller superstar is born!
Orphan Xis not good.Orphan Xis great. Whatever you like best in a thriller -action, plot, character, suspense-Orphan Xhas it
A new series character to rival Reacher. . . anyone readingOrphan Xwon't be surprised that a cadre of peers, from Tess Gerritsen to Lee Child, have lined up to praise it
Bestseller Hurwitz melds non-stop action and high-tech gadgetry with an acute character study in thisexcellent series opener. . . Evan Smoak is anelectrifyingcharacter
In terms of plot, characters, suspense and innovation,Orphan Xis outstanding. . . I've always thought that one reason forTom Clancy's success was the endless detail he provided about military hardware, and that theJames Bondnovels benefited from the loving attentionIan Flemingdevoted to the martinis, expensive cars and gorgeous women he so admired.Hurwitz outdoes both writers. . .Orphan Xis a smart, stylish, state-of-the-art thriller. It's also the start of a series, one that might giveLee Child's Jack Reacherbooks a run for their money
A masterpiece of suspense and thrills. . . Turn off the real world and dive into thisamazing start to a new series
Don't miss this one

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The SundayTimesbestselling series returns - and Orphan X faces his most challenging mission ever . . .

Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program. After he broke with the Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission - The Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble.

Having just survived an attack on his life, and the complete devastation of his base of operations, as well as his complicated (and deepening) relationship with his neighbour Mia Hall, Evan isn't interested in taking on a new mission.

But one finds him anyway.

Aragon Urrea is a kingpin of a major drug-dealing operation in South Texas. He's also the patron of the local area - suppling employment in legitimate operations, providing help to the helpless, a rough justice to the downtrodden, and a future to a people normally with little hope. He's complicated - a not completely good man, who does bad things for often good reasons.

However, for all his money and power, he is helpless when one of the most vicious cartels kidnaps his innocent eighteen-year-old daughter, spiriting her away into the armoured complex that is their headquarters in Mexico. With no other way to rescue his daughter, he turns to The Nowhere Man.

Now not only must Evan figure out how to get into the impregnable fortress of a heavily armed, deeply paranoid cartel leader, but he must decide if he should help a very bad man - no matter how just the cause.

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The electrifying new adventure in the Sunday Times bestselling series - in which Orphan X faces his most challenging mission ever . . . 'A series character to rival Reacher' INDEPENDENT 'Gregg Hurwitz has outdone himself. Readers will get whiplash . . . The action strikes like lightning' LUIS URREA, Pulitzer finalist for The Devil's Highway _______ Can you remain a good man when you help a bad one? . . . Former government assassin Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke free to use his skills to help the good but powerless. But what if the person asking for help is neither? When the daughter of a Texan crime boss is kidnapped by a ruthless drugs cartel, he asks Evan to rescue her. The girl is innocent of her father's crimes. But in taking the case is Evan crossing a line? To find out he must break into an impregnable Mexican fortress. Then somehow get her out alive . . . _______ Praise for the Orphan X series 'Feels like a missile launch' DAVID BALDACCI 'A stellar series, and the stories get better with each instalment' DAILY MAIL 'Outstanding in every way' LEE CHILD 'Weapons-grade thriller writing' GUARDIAN 'A stellar series, and the stories get better with each instalment' DAILY MAIL 'An immensely entertaining adventure' THE TIMES