1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,733 Speaker 1: from News Talks at be. 3 00:00:12,773 --> 00:00:15,373 Speaker 2: Catherine Rain's our book reviewer, has her picks for us 4 00:00:15,373 --> 00:00:19,533 Speaker 2: this weekend, including the latest by Greg Hurwitz. Orphan X 5 00:00:19,813 --> 00:00:22,813 Speaker 2: is Back tell us about Nemesis, Catherine. 6 00:00:23,093 --> 00:00:25,213 Speaker 3: So this is actually book ten in the series, and 7 00:00:25,333 --> 00:00:28,413 Speaker 3: Evans Smoke is the main protagonist, and he's known for 8 00:00:28,453 --> 00:00:30,013 Speaker 3: the rest of the world as Orphan X and they 9 00:00:30,053 --> 00:00:34,453 Speaker 3: nowhere when and he's he's broken out of our government 10 00:00:34,493 --> 00:00:37,173 Speaker 3: black ops programmers, where his background is, and he has 11 00:00:37,213 --> 00:00:41,013 Speaker 3: this certain set of rules and values that he lives by. 12 00:00:41,053 --> 00:00:43,173 Speaker 3: In the top of that list for him is loyalty, 13 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:45,813 Speaker 3: and that sort of strong code of right and wrong 14 00:00:46,213 --> 00:00:48,813 Speaker 3: helps him. He believes remains sort of human as opposed 15 00:00:48,853 --> 00:00:52,093 Speaker 3: to being a heartless killing machine. But his best friend 16 00:00:52,253 --> 00:00:55,173 Speaker 3: Tommy seems to have broken this code, and he provided 17 00:00:55,213 --> 00:00:58,213 Speaker 3: weapons to an assassin who targets some innocent victims, and 18 00:00:58,253 --> 00:01:00,693 Speaker 3: that's a line Evan that does not cross, and so 19 00:01:00,733 --> 00:01:02,493 Speaker 3: they end up confronting each other and they sort of 20 00:01:02,533 --> 00:01:05,333 Speaker 3: retreat back, realizing that the next time they ever meet, 21 00:01:05,413 --> 00:01:08,453 Speaker 3: they're going to be enemies. And at the meantime, Evan's 22 00:01:08,453 --> 00:01:12,213 Speaker 3: trying to negotiate his home life and his relationship with Joey, 23 00:01:12,253 --> 00:01:14,613 Speaker 3: and Joey's trying to figure out who she is as 24 00:01:14,653 --> 00:01:16,493 Speaker 3: a young girl who was raised to be a killer, 25 00:01:16,533 --> 00:01:18,773 Speaker 3: but she's now instead going to college and trying to 26 00:01:18,893 --> 00:01:21,013 Speaker 3: struggling to fit in and social media and all that 27 00:01:21,053 --> 00:01:24,813 Speaker 3: sort of stuff. And then also Tommy, the other guy, 28 00:01:25,093 --> 00:01:28,213 Speaker 3: has his own problems. He has an old army barbie 29 00:01:28,373 --> 00:01:32,053 Speaker 3: Miami buddy who died in his arms, and he said 30 00:01:32,093 --> 00:01:33,933 Speaker 3: that he'd help his son if he ever called, and 31 00:01:33,973 --> 00:01:36,333 Speaker 3: that son calls him the favor, and he ends up 32 00:01:36,373 --> 00:01:39,213 Speaker 3: in this rural town and this corrupt cops and hate 33 00:01:39,293 --> 00:01:42,773 Speaker 3: and anger and tension, and he's trying to keep his promise. 34 00:01:42,933 --> 00:01:46,573 Speaker 3: And then Evan often X ends up there as well, 35 00:01:46,693 --> 00:01:49,733 Speaker 3: and that's where the plot and the tension kind of 36 00:01:49,853 --> 00:01:52,413 Speaker 3: raps up and becomes fast and furious, and you keep 37 00:01:52,573 --> 00:01:55,453 Speaker 3: them turning the pages to see where these characters end 38 00:01:55,533 --> 00:01:58,973 Speaker 3: up next. So yeah, kind of typical Greek. Herwitz really 39 00:01:59,053 --> 00:02:00,133 Speaker 3: keeps you on the edge of your seat. 40 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:03,733 Speaker 2: Yeah, very good. Okay, that's Nemesis by Greg Heowitz. You've 41 00:02:03,773 --> 00:02:05,693 Speaker 2: also read The Crash by FRIEDA. McFadden. 42 00:02:06,453 --> 00:02:08,893 Speaker 3: So in the story eight months ago, Teagan had gone 43 00:02:08,893 --> 00:02:11,693 Speaker 3: out with some friends and she meets this handsome stranger, 44 00:02:12,293 --> 00:02:14,773 Speaker 3: and then a few weeks later, she discovers she's pregnant 45 00:02:14,773 --> 00:02:17,933 Speaker 3: and she contacts him and she learns of two things 46 00:02:17,973 --> 00:02:21,613 Speaker 3: from there that actually, this guy, Simon is an incredibly 47 00:02:21,653 --> 00:02:24,973 Speaker 3: wealthy marriage man who really wants nothing to do with her, 48 00:02:25,613 --> 00:02:27,693 Speaker 3: and the other thing is that he's willing to pay 49 00:02:27,733 --> 00:02:30,293 Speaker 3: this enormous sum of money to keep her quiet in 50 00:02:30,333 --> 00:02:34,093 Speaker 3: exchange for her signing a non disclosure agreement. But when 51 00:02:34,133 --> 00:02:37,733 Speaker 3: they meet for signing the agreement, she kind of some 52 00:02:37,893 --> 00:02:40,493 Speaker 3: memories of that night end up triggering for her, and 53 00:02:40,533 --> 00:02:42,813 Speaker 3: she decides to just refuse the money, and she's going 54 00:02:42,853 --> 00:02:44,533 Speaker 3: to head to her brother's house, which is a couple 55 00:02:44,573 --> 00:02:46,773 Speaker 3: of hours away, but she ends up in a blizzard 56 00:02:46,813 --> 00:02:49,333 Speaker 3: and a snowstorm and ends up crashing in the middle 57 00:02:49,373 --> 00:02:52,813 Speaker 3: of rural Maine and no sale service, and she's broken 58 00:02:52,813 --> 00:02:54,653 Speaker 3: her ankle and there's no way to reach her brother, 59 00:02:54,813 --> 00:02:57,413 Speaker 3: and this man Hank, stops and rescues her and takes 60 00:02:57,453 --> 00:02:59,773 Speaker 3: her back to his house along with his wife, Polly, 61 00:03:00,573 --> 00:03:02,813 Speaker 3: and she goes because she's kind of out of options, 62 00:03:02,853 --> 00:03:05,173 Speaker 3: but she's kind of not really sure where she is, 63 00:03:05,253 --> 00:03:09,053 Speaker 3: and she suspects that things really quite right, and that's 64 00:03:09,133 --> 00:03:11,733 Speaker 3: kind of where the plot starts. And there's lots of 65 00:03:12,253 --> 00:03:15,093 Speaker 3: twists and turns, and it's impossible to figure out who 66 00:03:15,133 --> 00:03:18,093 Speaker 3: can be trusted and who has ulterior motives, and a 67 00:03:18,133 --> 00:03:20,333 Speaker 3: big reminder that people are not always what they've seem 68 00:03:20,453 --> 00:03:22,173 Speaker 3: in The book's a little bit dark and a little 69 00:03:22,213 --> 00:03:24,333 Speaker 3: bit twisted, and a little bit of a layer of 70 00:03:24,373 --> 00:03:27,373 Speaker 3: creepiness in there as well, but certainly a great plot 71 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:28,613 Speaker 3: with lots of twists and tunes. 72 00:03:28,893 --> 00:03:31,733 Speaker 2: Very good. Okay, that's by Freda McFadden. That one's called 73 00:03:31,733 --> 00:03:34,893 Speaker 2: The Crash, And Catherine's first book is the latest orphanex 74 00:03:34,933 --> 00:03:38,733 Speaker 2: the tenth one by Greg Hurwitz. It's called Nemesis, Nemesis 75 00:03:38,773 --> 00:03:40,653 Speaker 2: and The Crash. Both of those will be on our 76 00:03:40,693 --> 00:03:41,373 Speaker 2: website 77 00:03:41,773 --> 00:03:44,893 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live 78 00:03:44,973 --> 00:03:47,773 Speaker 1: to news talks that'd be from nine am Saturday, or 79 00:03:47,893 --> 00:03:49,773 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.