The Hope Vendetta

Ben Hope, ex-SAS operative and hero-for-hire, returns in this second book in Mariani's electrifying international thriller series. Still reeling from a devastating personal loss, Ben 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 Zoë 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 Zoë. 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; a global catastrophe may be at stake if he fails.

Yet those hell-bent on staging an end-of-days-like attack for political gain will soon face the ultimate reckoning in Ben Hope. This fast-paced, cinematic thriller reads like Robert Ludlum's Bourne series with a splash of Dan Brown.

The Ben Hope series has been optioned by Amber Entertainment, a major new movie production company helmed by super-producers Ileen Maisel, whose credits include The Golden Compass and Inkheart, and Mark Ordesky, best known as the man behind the Lord of The Rings trilogy.