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A review by robmattheu
Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz
4.0
Lone Wolf is another winning page turner in Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X series, about a former assassin trying to redeem his life by helping out people in desperate situations. When he takes care of someone's problem, his only request is that the person pass on his phone number to another person they know who needs help.
In Lone Wolf, Orphan X (aka Evan Smoak) is roped into finding the lost dog of the daughter of man who was an orphan in the same home as Evan when they were kids. While tracking down the dog, Evan stumbles into a murder of an employee of a large tech firm that is creating AI technologies by a female assassin. Evan intervenes to save the employee's daughter and in order to protect her, begins his investigation into why her father was targeted and who hired the assassin. Using his young IT genius protege Joey and his armorer, Tommy Stojack, Evan enters a dangerous world of human trafficking and IT executives with sinister plans.
Like the rest of the Orphan X series, the book is a page turner, full of action and suspense, and the entertaining father figure/adopted daughter relationship between Joey and Evan. Additionally, the book has some timely discussion about the dangers of AI and what its influence can mean for our futures.
As a fan of the series, my biggest issue with the book is some elements that have carried across the series become tiresome here. Previous reviews of his books have mentioned the continuous mention of Evan's "RoamZone" phone, a remarkable piece of technology that serves as his way of receiving new missions and talking to his ragtag little team. The word pops up so much (instead of referring to it simply as a phone or mobile) that it feels like fictional product placement. Additionally, the comic relief of Evan's annoying homeowner's association has become tired and adds nothing to the story.
While not his best, Lone Wolf remains a great page turner and worth addition to the series.
In Lone Wolf, Orphan X (aka Evan Smoak) is roped into finding the lost dog of the daughter of man who was an orphan in the same home as Evan when they were kids. While tracking down the dog, Evan stumbles into a murder of an employee of a large tech firm that is creating AI technologies by a female assassin. Evan intervenes to save the employee's daughter and in order to protect her, begins his investigation into why her father was targeted and who hired the assassin. Using his young IT genius protege Joey and his armorer, Tommy Stojack, Evan enters a dangerous world of human trafficking and IT executives with sinister plans.
Like the rest of the Orphan X series, the book is a page turner, full of action and suspense, and the entertaining father figure/adopted daughter relationship between Joey and Evan. Additionally, the book has some timely discussion about the dangers of AI and what its influence can mean for our futures.
As a fan of the series, my biggest issue with the book is some elements that have carried across the series become tiresome here. Previous reviews of his books have mentioned the continuous mention of Evan's "RoamZone" phone, a remarkable piece of technology that serves as his way of receiving new missions and talking to his ragtag little team. The word pops up so much (instead of referring to it simply as a phone or mobile) that it feels like fictional product placement. Additionally, the comic relief of Evan's annoying homeowner's association has become tired and adds nothing to the story.
While not his best, Lone Wolf remains a great page turner and worth addition to the series.