New Releases by Gregg Hurwitz

Hij is een mythische figuur, een man wiens naam alleen maar wordt gefluisterd. De Nowhere Man. Er wordt beweerd dat hij alles zal doen om je te beschermen als je om zijn hulp vraagt en dat hij nooit faalt, hoe gevaarlijk de vijand ook is. Maar de Nowhere Man is geen sprookje, hij bestaat echt. Zijn naam is Evan Smoak, maar vrijwel niemand weet dat. Hoe zou iemand ook kunnen vermoeden dat achter de zo onschuldig uitziende, wat saaie man, een van de dodelijkste personen ter wereld schuilgaat? Een man die reeds op twaalfjarige leeftijd werd gerekruteerd voor het Orphan-programma, een officieel niet-bestaande sectie binnen de geheime dienst, om te worden opgeleid tot assassin. Een man die als Orphan X talloze missies uitvoerde namens een overheid die zijn bestaan ontkende, totdat hij besloot dat leven achter zich te laten en in het niets te verdwijnen. Nu zet Evan Smoak zijn aanzienlijke persoonlijke vaardigheden en middelen in om hen te helpen die zich tot niemand anders kunnen wenden. Maar de overheid die ooit zijn werkgever was, wil daar niets van weten. Want niemand, maar dan ook níémand, mag ooit achter het bestaan van Orphan X komen...

Um die Unschuldigen und Hoffnungslosen Gotham Citys zu beschützen, muss es der Dunkle Ritter in diesem Band voller Bat-Geschichten von Thriller-Autor Gregg Hurwitz mit Monstern aller Art aufnehmen: dem gefährlichen Clayface, der wilden Fledermaus-Kreatur Man-Bat und dem skrupellosen Gangster Pinguin, der sogar mit Menschenhändlern zusammenarbeitet! Mit Artwork von Alex Maleev (DAREDEVIL) Autor: Gregg Hurwitz Zeichner: Alex Maleev

Eine der dramatischsten Batman-Storys der letzten Jahre: Die Herkunftsgeschichte des Mad Hatter. Und Bruce Wayne alias Batman verliebt sich in die hübsche Natalya. Ihr enthüllt er schließlich sein größtes Geheimnis! Abgeschlossene Story in einem Band!

The New York Times bestselling Orphan X returns in this "crackerjack new thriller" (Kirkus Reviews) and "crushingly brilliant piece of fiction" (Best Thriller Books)! Once a black ops government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the Program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful people in the world and even brought down a president. Now struggling with an unexpected personal crisis, Evan goes back to the very basics of his mission - and this time, the truly desperate is a little girl who wants him to find her missing dog. Not his usual mission, and not one Evan embraces with enthusiasm, but this unlikely, tiny job quickly explodes into his biggest mission yet, one that finds him battered between twisted AI technocrat billionaires, a mysterious female assassin who seems a mirror of himself, and personal stakes so gut-wrenching he can scarcely make sense of them. Evan''s mission pushes him to his limit - he must find and take down the assassin known only as the Wolf, before she succeeds in completing her mission and killing the people who can identify her - a teenaged daughter of her last target, and Evan himself. Matched skill for skill, instinct for instinct, Evan must outwit an opponent who will literally stop at nothing if he is to survive.

The Orphan Program—which recruited and trained off-the-books assassins for the government—was responsible for creating some of the world’s most dangerous individuals. Evan Smoak, also known as Orphan X, is one of the few still surviving. Josephine “Joey” Morales was the last recruit of the program, now a world-class hacker. Still a teenager, trying to learn how to live as a normal person in the world, she sends Evan on his most unusual mission yet for which he must recruit some of the most elusive and deadly individuals: Candy McClure (Orphan V), Tommy Stojack (black market gunsmith), and Arragón Urea (former drug kingpin). Their help doesn’t come free. But Evan will face whatever danger he has to help Joey face her own greatest fears in The Recital.

Nog één opdracht. Nog één slachtoffer. Nog één keer Orphan X... Evan Smoak – alias Orphan X – is zijn achtervolgers altijd te snel af geweest. Totdat hij een klein foutje maakt. Nu ligt zijn lot in handen van de president van de Verenigde Staten, die hem een eenmalig aanbod doet: in ruil voor zijn leven moet Evan iemand uit de weg ruimen die te machtig en gevaarlijk is om te laten leven. Maar Evan heeft zich één ding heilig voorgenomen: hij zou zijn dodelijke vaardigheden alleen nog maar inzetten tegen personen die het ook daadwerkelijk verdienden. Nu moet hij beslissen wat belangrijker is – zijn principes of zijn leven.

Evan Smoak returns in The Last Orphan, the next 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.

Er kann allem entkommen. Außer seiner eigenen Vergangenheit... Ein Mann, mehr als eine Legende. Ein Mann, über den man nur im Flüsterton spricht. Ein Mann, der genau weiß, wozu er fähig ist. Evan Smoak hat in einem streng geheimen Programm der US-Regierung das Töten gelernt. Sein Deckname: Orphan X. Er war der vielleicht beste Auftragskiller, der je für die Regierung gearbeitet hat. Bis er ausstieg und untertauchte und als "Nowhere Man" denen half, die keinen Ausweg mehr haben. Mit der Art von Hilfe, die niemand sonst leisten kann. Als Evan wie aus dem Nichts ausgerechnet von der einen Person um Hilfe gebeten wird, die ihn am schlimmsten verletzt hat - seiner eigenen Mutter - beginnt der Albtraum. Denn sie fleht ihn an, einem Mann aus der Klemme helfen, der zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort war und etwas gesehen hat, das er nicht hätte sehen sollen. Andrew Duran wird seither gnadenlos von einem tödlichen Geschwisterpaar gejagt und nun ist Smoak seine einzige Hoffnung. Doch diese Mission ist für Evan persönlicher, als er jemals hätte ahnen können. Und am Ende steht alles auf dem Spiel - einschließlich seines eigenen Lebens. Denn Blut fließt tief... ORPHAN X is back! Der neue Bestseller von Gregg Hurwitz - voll Adrenalin und Action. "Fühlt sich an wie ein Überschallflug" DAVID BALDACCI

This Black Mirror-style anthology examines the rapid proliferation of technology, the cultural and political polarization of the country, and the technocrats that have driven us to such extremes of thought that we need to present the present as something…futuristic. Each of the five issues is a stand-alone tale with its own art team.

This Black Mirror-style anthology examines the rapid proliferation of technology, the cultural and political polarization of the country, and the technocrats that have driven us to such extremes of thought that we need to present the present as something…futuristic. In this issue, a woman tells a story so simple that even children can understand it. Too bad the adults can’t seem to get the message.

This Black Mirror-style anthology examines the rapid proliferation of technology, the cultural and political polarization of the country, and the technocrats that have driven us to such extremes of thought that we need to present the present as something…futuristic. Each of the five issues is a stand-alone tale with its own art team. In this issue, a medieval king comes up with a novel punishment for a storyteller whose tales hit a little too close to home: a house made of glass so that every aspect of her life is put into public view.

This Black Mirror-style anthology examines the rapid proliferation of technology, the cultural and political polarization of the country, and the technocrats that have driven us to such extremes of thought that we need to present the present as something…futuristic. Each of the five issues is a stand-alone tale with its own art team.

In this action-packed adventure set in the universe of The Resistance, Gregg Hurwitz (Legends of the Dark Knight, Vengeance of Moon Knight), Mark Texeira (Ghost Rider, Wolverine), and Brain Reber (X-Men: Legacy, Spider-Man/Deadpool) introduce a masked vigilante for the 21st Century. Bob Ryder is a hapless bureaucrat whose bad luck streak comes to a crescendo when he accidentally kills the city’s masked vigilante, The Knight. Oops. Now, Bob is forced to take on the mantle of the legendary hero before the city descends into chaos. Good thing he’s got The Knight’s former butler/assistant to show him the ropes. In this climactic issue, Bob must summon every ounce of his inner heroism before the city descends into chaos.

DIE HERKUNFT EINES SUPERSCHURKEN Oswald Cobblepot ist der Pinguin, einer der mächtigsten Gangsterbosse von Gotham City und zugleich einer der ältesten Widersacher von Batman. Doch er war nicht immer ein skrupelloser Superkrimineller! Diese Geschichte erzählt den Werdegang des gutmütigen jungen Oswald, der aufgrund seines missgestalteten Aussehens von seiner Umwelt mit Spott und Häme und sogar mit Gewalt gequält wird, bis er schließlich zu hassen lernt. Das Einzige, was er in seinem Leben liebt, sind seine Vögel und seine Mutter – doch auch die Beziehung zu ihr ist alles andere als gesund ... Die tragisch-dramatische Geschichte über einen von Batmans ärgsten Feinden, geschrieben von New York Times-Bestsellerautor Gregg Hurwitz (Die Scharfrichter, Orphan X) und dem polnischen Ausnahmekünstler Szymon Kudranski (Spawn, BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM) komplett in einem Band! ENTHÄLT: PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE 1-5

In this action-packed adventure set in the universe of The Resistance, Gregg Hurwitz (Legends of the Dark Knight, Vengeance of Moon Knight), Mark Texeira (Ghost Rider, Wolverine), and Brain Reber (X-Men: Legacy, Spider-Man/Deadpool) introduce a masked vigilante for the 21st Century. Bob Ryder is a hapless bureaucrat whose bad luck streak comes to a crescendo when he accidentally kills the city’s masked vigilante, The Knight. Oops. Now, Bob is forced to take on the mantle of the legendary hero before the city descends into chaos. Good thing he’s got The Knight’s former butler/assistant to show him the ropes.

In this action-packed adventure set in the universe of The Resistance, Gregg Hurwitz (Legends of the Dark Knight, Vengeance of Moon Knight), Mark Texeira (Ghost Rider, Wolverine), and Brain Reber (X-Men: Legacy, Spider-Man/Deadpool) introduce a masked vigilante for the 21st Century. Bob Ryder is a hapless bureaucrat whose bad luck streak comes to a crescendo when he accidentally kills the city’s masked vigilante, The Knight. Oops. Now, Bob is forced to take on the mantle of the legendary hero before the city descends into chaos. Good thing he’s got The Knight’s former butler/assistant to show him the ropes.

Evan ‘de Nowhere Man’ Smoak krijgt een verzoek om hulp van een persoon die hij nooit meer dacht terug te zien: zijn moeder. Eerst was hij Orphan X, een assassin die werkte voor de Amerikaanse geheime dienst. Toen werd hij de Nowhere Man en hielp hij diegenen die zich tot niemand anders konden wenden. Nu heeft Evan Smoak een aanbod gekregen van de president: een officieus pardon in ruil voor het stoppen van al zijn illegale activiteiten. Het zou hem de kans bieden om datgene te doen waar hij vrijwel geen ervaring mee heeft: een normaal leven leiden. Op vrijwel hetzelfde moment krijgt Evan echter vanuit totaal onverwachte hoek een telefoontje. De vrouw beweert zijn moeder te zijn en ze heeft een verzoek: help Andrew Duran, wiens leven totaal is ontspoord toen hij op het verkeerde moment op de verkeerde plek was. Nu heeft Duran een wreed moordenaarsduo achter zich aan – broer en zus – en Evan is zijn laatste hoop. Evan kan haast niet weigeren, maar als degenen die achter de schermen aan de touwtjes trekken ontdekken wat hij van plan is, komt alles waar hij voor gevochten heeft in gevaar. Om uit de problemen te komen, moet Evan zijn eigen verleden onder ogen zien. Wie hij is en hoe hij zo is geworden, heeft alles te maken met een besluit dat hij als twaalfjarige nam. Toen de Mystery Man in zijn leven kwam en hij het heft in eigen handen nam. Dat besluit blijkt nu, vele jaren later, gevolgen te hebben gehad die de jonge Evan toen met geen mogelijkheid had kunnen voorzien...

A thrilling new short story featuring Gregg Hurwitz''s bestselling Orphan X! Joey Morales was the last recruit of the government''s full black operation, the Orphan Program. Trained to be an assassin until she washed out, she was rescued by Evan Smoak, the former agent known as Orphan X. Now Joey, still a teenager and under the watchful eye of Evan Smoak, lives on her own (with Dog the dog) and attends college. While on campus, she tries to stop a young woman''s suicide attempt - and fails. Then Joey uncovers the reason for Becca Morgan''s desperate act - a document called The List, which ranks and rates women around campus based on their sexual appeal and performance. Determined to find the boys behind The List, the ones whose callous acts drove Becca Morgan to suicide, Joey recruits the help of her mentor, Orphan X, and uses all her skills to uncover and expose the ones responsible. Usually working from the shadows, Joey has to put herself on the line and in harm''s way this time to not just avenge the dead but to protect the rest of the women who are targets of the hidden cabal behind The List. Praise for Orphan X ''OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY'' LEE CHILD ''WEAPONS-GRADE THRILLER WRITING'' GUARDIAN

Bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz examines the painful and dark past of one of Batman''s most devious foes. How did young Oswald Cobblepot go from being the apple of his mother''s eye to the leader of underworld gangs and adversary of the Caped Crusader?

* A Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller * “Read the Orphan X series. You’ll thank me later." —David Baldacci The New York Times bestselling Orphan X returns - just when Evan Smoak thinks he''s done, his deadliest job yet pulls him back Into The Fire... Evan Smoak lives by his own code. Once he was known as Orphan X. Trained as an off-the-books government assassin and spoken about only in whispers, Evan Smoak was one of the most talented – and most feared – men in the Program. But he broke free and reinvented himself as The Nowhere Man, a figure shrouded in mystery, known for helping the truly desperate. If anyone is truly desperate, it’s Max Merriweather. Max is at the end of his rope. His cousin has been brutally murdered, leaving Max an envelope that contains nothing but a mysterious key. However, someone really wants that key, badly enough that Max – and anyone he turns to – is in deadly danger. What seems like a simple job for The Nowhere Man turns out to be anything but. Behind every threat he takes out, a deadlier one emerges and Evan Smoak must put himself in greater danger than ever before as he heads once more Into The Fire.

Il est l''un des plus grands ennemis de Batman, mais également l''un des citoyens les plus en vue de Gotham. Mais la légende du Pingouin s''est bâtie sur une affaire de famille glauque et vicieuse. (contient PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE 1-5 + THE JOKER''S ASYLUM:PENGUIN #1)

Die Ärzte sagen, dass Drew Glück hatte: Ohne die Notoperation nach dem epileptischen Anfall hätte sein Hirntumor ihn binnen kurzem umgebracht. Die Polizei hat weniger gute Nachrichten: Sie hat Drew nachts neben der Leiche seiner Ex-Freundin gefunden, das blutverschmierte Messer noch in der Hand. Verzweifelt beteuert er seine Unschuld. Doch in Wahrheit kann er sich an nichts erinnern ...

La parte difficile non era uccidere. Era farlo riuscendo a rimanere umani. Nella vita di tutti i giorni è Evan Smoak, scapolo schivo e senza legami. Ma per tutti quelli che si rivolgono a lui in cerca di aiuto è l''Uomo senza nome, giustiziere per vocazione, eroe di fatto, cane sciolto per necessità. Da quando ha deciso di cambiare vita, l''ex ragazzino strappato a un futuro già scritto, e trasformato nella più infallibile macchina per uccidere al servizio del governo americano, da cacciatore si è trasformato in preda. Non sono in pochi, infatti, a volerlo morto, soprattutto tra gli ex colleghi del segretissimo Programma Orphan. Finora è sempre riuscito a non farsi scovare - trincerato dietro un''identità fittizia tra le mura di un attico alla periferia di Los Angeles. Ma il giorno in cui qualcosa va storto e si risveglia in una prigione perfetta senza alcuna memoria di chi e come ce lo abbia rinchiuso, deve dar fondo a tutte le proprie risorse - e non sono poche - per provare a uscirne vivo. A lungo in testa alle classifiche di Stati Uniti, Gran Bretagna e Australia, L''uomo senza nome è un distillato di azione, ritmo e suspense. Il nuovo, acclamato romanzo di un autore da oltre ottocentomila copie. «Leggete questo libro adesso. Più tardi mi ringrazierete.» - David Baldacci «Imperdibile.» - James Patterson «Un maestro del thriller all''apice della forma.» - Lee Child «Semplicemente perfetto.» - Robert Crais «Un concentrato di azione e adrenalina. Soddisfazione assicurata.» - Kirkus Reviews

Si le célèbre détective Batman se dresse aujourd''hui devant une traînée de cadavres, il n''a pour l''instant pas l''ombre d''une piste. Durement mis à l''épreuve, son savoir-faire est doublement entaché lorsque le maniaque commence à kidnapper les habitants de la ville sans aucune raison apparente. Le Chevalier Noir aurait-il finalement trouvé plus rusé – ou plus fou – que lui ? -(Contient les épisodes The Dark Knight #16-21 + The Dark Knight Annual #1)

Gueule d''Argile s''est une fois de plus échappé de l''Asile d''Arkham et sème la terreur dans les rues de Gotham. Batman a fort à faire avec ce tueur qui peut prendre l''apparence de n''importe quelle personne. De son côté, Man-Bat prend son envol. (Contient Batman The Dark Knight vol.4: Clay #22-29)

* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "This novel will be remembered as one of the best thrillers of the year." —Associated Press "A shocking stunner in every way. The perfect thriller." —Robert Crais When darkness closes in—he''s your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz’s #1 international bestselling Orphan X series in Out of the Dark. Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets—i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man, a man who helps the truly desperate when no one else can. But now Evan''s past is catching up to him. Someone at the very highest level of government has been trying to eliminate every trace of the Orphan Program by killing all the remaining Orphans and their trainers. After Evan''s mentor and the only father he ever knew was killed, he decided to strike back. His target is the man who started the Program and who is now the most heavily guarded person in the world: the President of the United States. But President Bennett knows that Orphan X is after him and, using weapons of his own, he''s decided to counter-attack. Bennett activates the one man who has the skills and experience to track down and take out Orphan X—the first recruit of the Program, Orphan A. With Evan devoting all his skills, resources, and intelligence to find a way through the layers of security that surround the President, suddenly he also has to protect himself against the deadliest of opponents. It''s Orphan vs. Orphan with the future of the country—even the world—on the line.

Leah, die Tochter eines erfolgreichen Hollywoodproduzenten, gerät in den Bann einer Psychosekte und bricht den Kontakt zur Außenwelt ab. Ihr Vater setzt alles daran, sie den Fängen des charismatischen Gurus zu entreißen, und bringt US Marshal Tim Rackley dazu, in dem Fall zu ermitteln. Rackley schleust sich mit falscher Identität in die Sekte ein und entdeckt schon bald, dass der Tod reiche Ernte einfährt: Wer aufbegehrt, wird ermordet. Als seine Tarnung auffliegt, steht Rackleys Leben auf Messers Schneide ...

The Nowhere Man is a figure shrouded in secrecy—a near legendary figure who helps the truly desperate, those with nowhere else to turn who are lucky enough to be able to reach out to him. When darkness closes in, the Nowhere Man is your last, best hope. Before he was the Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak was a highly trained government operative known to a few as Orphan X. But he now lives by hiding in plain sight, keeping his head down and his eyes clear. So when a local summer intern for a tabloid news site finds herself trailing an aggressive reporter into a crime zone, things go terribly awry. The only person who can help her is a man with the background and the skills of the Nowhere Man. From New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz comes an electrifying, original story in his “nerve-shredding” internationally #1 bestsellling Orphan X series. Also contains an extended excerpt from the Orphan X thriller—Out of the Dark.

Vuelve Smoak, el Huérfano X ¿Quién es el Hombre Desconocido? Solo se le nombra en susurros. Acude a ayudar a aquellos que necesitan su protección y no hay enemigo al que no pueda enfrentarse. Vive según sus propias reglas y no hace prisioneros. Se llama Evan Smoak. Evan es huérfano. Cuando era un niño, le trasladaron desde el orfanato donde estaba acogido a un programa especial en el que se le entrenó para convertirle en un asesino. Evan era el Huérfano X hasta que utilizó todo lo que había aprendido para desaparecer y reinventarse a sí mismo. Se convirtió en el Hombre Desconocido. Pero ahora, su nueva vida está en peligro. Ha recibido un ataque imprevisto y ahora mimsmo está secuestrado y drogado en algún lugar remoto. Sus captores creen que está atrapado y sin opciones en una jaula virtual. Pero lo que no saben es que se enfrentan al hombre con más recursos del mundo. Reseña: «Un gigante del thriller por derecho propio.» Los Ángeles Times.

Evan Smoak—government assassin gone rogue—returns in Hellbent, an engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series. Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin: Orphan X. After he broke with the Orphan Program, Evan disappeared and reinvented himself as the Nowhere Man, a man spoken about only in whispers and dedicated to helping the truly desperate. But this time, the voice on the other end is Jack Johns, the man who raised and trained him, the only father Evan has ever known. Secret government forces are busy trying to scrub the remaining assets and traces of the Orphan Program and they have finally tracked down Jack. With little time remaining, Jack gives Evan his last assignment: find and protect his last protégé and recruit for the program. But Evan isn’t the only one after this last Orphan—the new head of the Orphan Program, Van Sciver, is mustering all the assets at his disposal to take out both Evan (Orphan X) and the target he is trying to protect.