Orphan X

It really presents a completely different, highly cerebral puzzle for the reader to solve alongside the protagonist.

protagonist.Speaking of cerebral puzzles, we have to talk about Orphan X by Greg Hurwitz.

Yes.

The protagonist is Evan Smoak, also known in the underworld as the Nowhere Man.

The source material includes the actual comments section from the article, and one user named Dave from October 13th, 2026, perfectly encapsulates this entire fandom.

Dave jumps into the comments and completely validates Thompson's choices.

He praises The Lines of Lucerne, Orphan X, and Point of Impact as excellent reads, but he doesn't stop at validation.

He immediately demands more.

We've invited it in like a vampire.

[upbeat music] Greg Hermit, the writer, author, international bestseller of Orphan X.

Let's say that you're scrolling for a minute on TikTok.

It can take 26 different biometric readings from your body.

So people can certainly find me.

They can find me on tour.

My, my, my books and novels around Orphan X engage with this stuff because I'm engaging with social ills-

Mm-hmm

It's like one of my all-time favorite authors ...

Oh, I have my background blurred, but I have an Orphan X poster back there of Greg Hurwitz.

Yeah.

Um, he's fantastic.

Oh, yeah.

That's, that makes characters so fun.

I mentioned Greg Hurwitz in Orphan X, um, earlier, and he, he does that so well.

I was rereading, um, the third book in that series recently, just skimming through it looking for inspiration, um, if you would.