Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz
Evan has been dealing with a rare personal issue and uncharacteristically devolves into a spell of self-pity. His young protege, Joey, tracks him down and sets him back on his path. When his phone rings with someone on the other end of the line who needs his help, that person happens to be his young niece, Sofia. Sofia needs help finding her missing dog, Loco. This is obviously beneath the skills normally required of The Nowhere Man, but Joey bullies/shames him into agreeing to help.
While searching for Loco, Evan crosses paths with Lopatina as she has just murdered Dr. Benjamin Hill, an AI expert. What follows is an explosive chase that spans several chapters, and nearly 60 pages including gunfights, fistfights, running, and car chases that are the envy of any book or movie you could name. Now Evan is up against a powerful AI executive and in the crosshairs of an assassin. But she's also in his crosshairs.
And he still has to find the damn dog.
Nine books into the series and Evan Smoak is still going strong. His personal growth is shown in dealing with his family by blood as well as his found family. His surrogate father trained him in the skills he has while also retaining his humanity. Evan is discovering that he may have to grow beyond that training and the commandments he has lived his life by. Even if it does allow in some of the messiness of life that he has always kept at bay.
This is one of the most action-packed Orphan X books to date with a hero who still has more depths to plumb.
If you are in a reading slump, this is the book to break you out of it.
I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher.
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