On this episode, we had a lively interview with Gregg Hurwitz, the author of The Last Orphan,
#8 in the Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz (Minotaur Books 2/14.23
Evan Smoak returns in The Last Orphan, the latest New York Times bestselling Orphan X
thriller--when everything changes and everything is at risk.
As a child, Evan Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised and trained as an off-the-
books assassin for the government as part of the Orphan program. When he broke with the
program and went deep underground, he left with a lot of secrets in his head that the
government would do anything to make sure never got out.
When he remade himself as The Nowhere Man, dedicated to helping the most desperate in
their times of trouble, Evan found himself slowly back on the government's radar. Having
eliminated most of the Orphans in the program, the government will stop at nothing to eliminate
the threat they see in Evan. But Orphan X has always been several steps ahead of his
pursuers.
Until he makes one little mistake...
Now the President has him in her control and offers Evan a deal - eliminate a rich, powerful man
she says is too dangerous to live and, in turn, she'll let Evan survive. But when Evan left the
Program he swore to only use his skills against those who really deserve it. Now he has to
decide what's more important - his principles or his life.
TRIVIA
Last Week's Question Was:
Where did Dorothy L. Sayers get the names for her characters in “The Nine Tailors”
a. graves in the cemetery
b. the neighbors
c. school friends
d. the baptism role in church
She grew up in the tiny village of Bluntisham in Huntingdonshire after her father was given the
living there as rector of Bluntisham-cum-Earith. The church graveyard next to the elegant
Regency-style rectory features the surnames of several characters from her mystery The Nine
Tailors.
This week's question is:
Gregg Hurwitz received the Harvard Undergraduate-Scholar Award for what?
a. Chess
b. Boxing
c. Pole vault
d. Croquet