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The Silver Serpent
- Author
- Scott Mariani
- Narrator
- Colin Mace
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 12 May 2022
- Run Time
- 10 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Adventure / action fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Crime and / or mystery fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction
- Rating
- 4.8 (4 reviews)
What to expect
Some legends lie buried for a reason…
To fight extraordinary odds, you need an extraordinary man.
Under the fierce heat of the Australian outback, the laws of nature serve a rough justice. When a man vanishes deep in the Northern Territory, local police write it off. But his family suspect otherwise – and when the call for help goes out, Ben Hope and Jeff Decker are there to hear it.
Ben’s instincts, honed by years of Special Forces missions, soon see the story told by a trail of bullet casings, rumours of a missing map and a lethal cocktail of greed, power and money.
This savagely beautiful land holds a secret it won’t give up easily – and for Ben, discovering the truth will mean not only going up against a small army of hired guns and their twisted paymaster, but also surviving a place where the wilderness is as powerful as the weapons his enemies have trained on him.
Critics Review
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Praise for Scott Mariani:
‘Compelling from the first page until the last, Mariani and his fabulous protagonist Ben Hope entertain in a gripping tale that will have you turning the pages well into the night’ Mark Dawson
‘Thrilling. Scott Mariani is at the top of his game’ Andy McDermott
‘A high level of realism … the action scenes come thick and fast. Like the father of the modern thriller, Frederick Forsyth, Mariani has a knack for embedding his plots in the fears and preoccupations of their time’ Shots Magazine
‘James Bond meets Jason Bourne meets The Da Vinci Code’ J. L. Carrell
‘Fans of Dan Brown will love this thrilling adventure’ Closer
'Non-stop action – this book delivers’ Steve Berry
‘If you’ve got a pulse, you’ll love Scott Mariani; if you haven’t, then maybe you crossed Ben Hope’ Simon Toyne
‘Full of authentic detail and heart-stopping action – a real thrill ride’ Ed Macy
‘Establishes Scott Mariani as an author to watch’ M. J. Rose
‘Packed with dark intrigue, danger around every corner, bullets flying, sexual tension, and an endless assault of nasty villains . . . everything a thriller should be and more’ Joe Moore
‘Scott Mariani is an awesome writer’ Chris Kuzneski
User Reviews
Book 4.8
Narration 4.8
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5.0 5.0
Another rip-snorter from the Ben Hope series! It’s hard to stop listening. I love the xigxag x-book feature as well. It’s great to be able to read along when one can.
AndyRuss 2024-10-15 -
4.0 4.0
I've read most of Scott Mariani books featuring Ben Hope and have enjoyed them all. This was not one of his better ones in my opinion, although it was quite good
Hojohns 2024-05-07
Details
- Author
- Scott Mariani
- Narrator
- Colin Mace
- Duration
- 10 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 May 2022
- ISBN
- 9780008506247
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Adventure / action fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Crime and / or mystery fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction
- Rating
- 4.8(4 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.8(4 reviews)
Synopsis
AVAILABLE NOW: the 25th Ben Hope thriller, from the Number One bestseller. Some legends lie buried for a reason… To fight extraordinary odds, you need an extraordinary man. Under the fierce heat of the Australian outback, the laws of nature serve a rough justice. When a man vanishes deep in the Northern Territory, local police write it off. But his family suspect otherwise – and when the call for help goes out, Ben Hope and Jeff Decker are there to hear it. Ben’s instincts, honed by years of Special Forces missions, soon see the story told by a trail of bullet casings, rumours of a missing map and a lethal cocktail of greed, power and money. This savagely beautiful land holds a secret it won’t give up easily – and for Ben, discovering the truth will mean not only going up against a small army of hired guns and their twisted paymaster, but also surviving a place where the wilderness is as powerful as the weapons his enemies have trained on him.
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