Nemesis cover art

Nemesis

 Preview

Get 30 days of Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30-day free trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options
Buy Now for £16.99

Buy Now for £16.99

About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

NO GREATER FRIEND
Evan Smoak is the guy you want on your side. A former government black ops assassin, he'll be there for you in your darkest hour - and he'll rain hell and thunder on those who caused your pain.

NO WORSE ENEMY
A lone wolf operator, Evan can't afford to lose any of the few people he likes and trusts. But when Tommy Stojack, Evan's loyal, long-time gunsmith and armourer, betrays him, it's war.

Because a good assassin keeps his friends close, but his weapons closer . . .

Praise for the Orphan X series

'Outstanding in every way' LEE CHILD

'Weapons-grade thriller writing' GUARDIAN

'An immensely entertaining adventure' THE TIMES

© Gregg Hurwitz 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

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

Critic reviews

Laughs as well as action. A thriller that makes the Jack Reacher books look quaint
He is a weapon of mass entertainment and the action never stops
First-rate and deftly varied combat scenes. Rewardingly, it's more plugged into the mood and issues of the present than a Lee Child slugathon
All stars
Most relevant
This was very different from his previous books, i personally found myself bored listening at times although i love the series but im not in no rush for the next one after that one.

Sorry X but need more action and less woke stuff

Not a X book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A good book but the middle was very drawn out. It seemed unnecessary and out of keeping for the characters. the beginning and end are amazing as always. would recommend but story was weaker than the other books in the series.

Great action as always but long middle section

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I was very eager for this book to be released given how book 9 ended. I was left feeling completely underwhelmed but what felt like a massively dragged out story line.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all orphan x books, such a shame the most anticipated one yet fell short of my expectations.

Very disappointed

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
omgosh, as always this story did not fail to deliver. I cried,was angry wondered wtf was going on. saw Evan in a different light. This is excellent

emotional roller coaster

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
One of my favourite things about the Orphan X series is that we see Evan’s humanity grow through the books. He gains more friends, more family, more awareness of his own, and others’, emotions.

This book is full of just that; emotion. Fear, anger, pain, grief, loneliness. Everyone is feeling so. damn. much and Evan doesn’t know how to deal with it. He finds himself at war with the two halves of himself that Jack tried so hard to maintain: the Orphan and his humanity.

I couldn’t put this down. And when I had to put it down I found myself thinking about it constantly. There were parts I enjoyed more than others, but overall I was just so glad to have Evan back that those parts barely registered.

After that ending, I don’t know how I’m going to wait for the next instalment. And I really don’t know how Evan is going to cope with his new found emotions.

Ripped my heart out and tore it to pieces

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews