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The Hope Vendetta

The Hope Vendetta, March 2012
by Scott Mariani

Touchstone
Featuring: Zoe Bradbury; Charlie Palmer; Ben Hope
352 pages
ISBN: 1439193479
EAN: 9781439193471
Kindle: B005FLOF50
Hardcover / e-Book
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"A fast-paced arcane thriller that will captivate readers with its plot and characterization."

Fresh Fiction Review

The Hope Vendetta
Scott Mariani

Reviewed by Tanzey Cutter
Posted February 2, 2012

Thriller Arcane

Following the murder of his wife, ex-SAS operative Ben Hope blames himself and is contemplating suicide. When he can't go through with it, he decides to return Oxford and his theology studies. Soon after arriving, he's approached by one of his old professors and friend, Tom Bradbury, and asked to locate the man's archeologist daughter, Zoe, who's missing from the Greek island of Corfu. Ben is not interested in returning to that life, so he enlists the aid of a former SAS agent, Charlie Palmer, who needs the work.

Charlie soon runs into more trouble than he can handle alone, so Ben ends up on Corfu looking for the missing party girl. A chain of events leaves Ben furious as he tracks down Zoe and the religious artifact she supposedly has found. Could it have something to do with the Book of Revelation and what Evangelical Christians worldwide claim is the upcoming End Times? A lot of people think so, which is the reason Zoe has been taken hostage.

Ben Hope is hell-bent in his quest to find Zoe and the artifact, but the truths he uncovers might be more than he -- or anyone -- can handle.

A fast-paced arcane thriller that will captivate readers with its plot evolution and characterization.

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SUMMARY

From the author of The Mozart Conspiracy, Scott Mariani’s newest international thriller raises the stakes as Ben Hope returns to prevent an attack of biblical proportions.

Still reeling from a devastating personal loss, ex-SAS operative and hero-for-hire Ben Hope has decided to put down his gun for good and return to the theology studies he had abandoned years ago. When his professor and friend asks him to help find his missing daughter, archeologist Zoe Bradbury, Ben declines, but puts his former SAS buddy, Charlie Palmer, on the case.

But when Charlie runs into trouble on the Greek island of Corfu, Ben reluctantly joins him to find out what might have happened to Zoe. Ben has no idea he’s just embarked on the most dangerous mission of his life.

As Ben investigates on Corfu, he realizes that ZoË’s most recent archeological discovery of an artifact related to the Book of Revelation is at the heart of her disappearance. What is the ancient secret that ZoË uncovered? And just who is willing to do anything to protect it? The investigation leads Ben from the Greek islands to Savannah, Georgia, and the holy city of Jerusalem, and he soon discovers that it’s not just ZoË’s life on the line.

Readers will be on the edge of their seats as Ben Hope battles to prevent a deadly end-of-days attack, staged by those hell bent on gaining political power at any cost.


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