The Hope Vendetta
A Novel
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4.4 • 25 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The second book in the electrifying thriller series that “will excite fans of Dan Brown, James Rollins, and Robert Ludlum” (Booklist).
WHAT DOES ZOË BRADBURY KNOW?
At first, only the parents of the lovely archaeologist are concerned. They just want to get in touch with the unpredictable party girl. In fact, Zoë has been kidnapped by a trained team and is being brutally interrogated. The problem: Zoë doesn’t have the answer.
When ex-SAS operative Ben Hope is asked by old friends to find their missing daughter, he tries to stay minimally involved. But when the search erupts into violence, Ben realizes that once again it’s all up to him. While Zoë’s sudden influx of cash right before her disappearance may be related to her recent discovery of an ancient artifact connected to the book of Revelation, the only hard evidence leads from the Greek islands to Savannah, Georgia, then on to Israel and Jerusalem. Gradually, Ben realizes that it’s not just Zoë’s life on the line, but the lives of millions.
However, the shadowy group who are hell-bent on making an end-of-days attack for political gain have made one huge mistake. Because in Ben Hope they are facing the ultimate reckoning. . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British author Mariani's third thriller featuring ex-SAS operative Ben Hope, the second to be published in the U.S. after 2011's The Mozart Conspiracy, offers plenty of religious intrigue but comes off mostly as a confusing kill fest. Hope, who's been contemplating suicide, decides instead to study theology at Oxford, where he winds up agreeing to help one of his professors, Tom Bradbury, locate the professor's missing 26-year-old archeologist daughter, Zo . The trail to party girl Zo , who was involved in some sort of religious artifact find, leads Ben to ambitious televangelist Clayton Cleaver, who claims that John the Apostle has spoken to him about the upcoming End Times. The predictable plot wanders back and forth from one predictable character to another while Hope shoots his way through a cabal of bad guys. One of Mariani's lesser efforts, this will appeal mainly to series fans who can't get enough of Ben Hope.
