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  • Published: 3 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405953443
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $28.00

Antihero

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Paperback
3 Nov 2026
Tr. Paperback
17 Feb 2026
Hardback
12 Mar 2026
EBook
12 Feb 2026
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12 Feb 2026
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Sunday Times No.1 bestselling hero Orphan X is back with a bang in his biggest adventure yet. ‘Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense’ Harlan Coben

Two problems: A tech-billionaire whose psychological crisis could have catastrophic implications for the global order. And the abduction of vulnerable young woman, Anca, seized from the New York City Subway, held, hurt, then discarded like trash.

One solution: Evan Smoak, a former black ops assassin codenamed Orphan X, now dedicated to helping the desperate with nowhere else to turn.

But saving the world from a powerful man who has lost his mind while pursuing justice for an innocent survivor will test Evan like never before. Especially when complicated by Anca's inconvenient insistence that he show some measure of mercy to the men who abducted her.

Because if the world's greatest assassin cannot kill, then this mission just got a whole lot more daunting and dangerous.

As lethal threats mount, Evan may have to choose between upholding a higher code . . . and his own life.
  • Published: 3 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405953443
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $28.00
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About the author

Gregg Hurwitz

Gregg Hurwitz is the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Evan Smoak thrillers Orphan X, The Nowhere Man, Hellbent, Out of the Dark, Into the Fire, Prodigal Son, Dark Horse and The Last Orphan. He is also the author of You're Next, The Survivor, Tell No Lies and Don't Look Back. He lives with his family in LA, where he also writes for the screen, TV and comics.
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Praise for Antihero

Laughs as well as action. A thriller that makes the Jack Reacher books look quaint

Sun

[Hurwitz] is a weapon of mass entertainment and the action never stops

The Express

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

The Times

Feels like a missile launch

David Baldacci

Outstanding in every way

Lee Child

Weapons-grade thriller writing

The Guardian