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A TRAGIC DEATH.

A GRIEVING BROTHER.

A PLOT TO DECEIVE THE ENTIRE WORLD.

Ex-SAS major and kidnap recovery specialist Ben Hope is looking for peace in a quiet Spanish town. What he gets instead is the kind of trouble that only a man like him can handle.

Raul Fuentes can´t accept that his sister, Catalina, took her own life. Ben isn´t convinced, but ghosts from his own past compel him to help Raul discover the truth.

What connects Catalina´s apparent suicide to the suspicious fate of three of her fellow scientists? And why do a gang of professional killers follow Ben and Raul wherever they go?

Ben will soon discover the terrible truth: a fraudulent conspiracy to dupe all of humankind. And those responsible will soon find out they´ve met their match.

BEN HOPE is one of the most celebrated action adventure heroes ever and SCOTT MARIANI is one of the most successful home grown thriller writers of all time. Join the MILLIONS of readers who get breathless with anticipation when the countdown to the new Ben Hope thriller Begins...

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Scott Mariani, geboren 1968 in St. Andrews, Schottland, studierte Literatur und Film in Oxford. Er arbeitete als Übersetzer, Musiker und Journalist, bevor er sich ganz dem Schreiben widmete.

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