Evan’s struggles to survive continue in the second book of the Orphan X series. At least in this one he gets something a break from Van Sciver, because The Nowhere Man has gone and got himself captured by an eccentric rich man.
Which just highlights my issue with Evan. For a seemingly best-of-the-best world class assassin, a proverbial exceptional human being, he makes quite a few mistakes. A case of retirement softens you? Ageing out of the game?
Then again, I guess without those mistakes, we don’t have much of a story. Perhaps retirement softens the edges. Who am I to judge a pro killer’s skills?
There are some darkly humorous moments in this one. And it was super satisfying to see how Evan get his in the end (come on, hardly a spoiler given there are six more books in the series after this).
Recommend. 👍🏻