Graveyard of Empires: The exciting new Ben Hope thriller from the Sunday Times best selling author (Ben Hope, Book 26)

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Plot twists and historical moments keep the reader entertained and have them wondering what is to come, without feeling as though things are too predictable throughout the experience. The 26th edition in the former SAS Major Ben Hope series by Scott Mariani is yet another explosive, high-octane thriller and one of the best so far in this series. Madison has elucidated the history of Alexander’s invasion and how various cities and treasures were left behind by the great emperor. The baddies always cop it, Ben always gets at least one bullet graze and as always, his moral compass puts Jesus Christ himself to shame.

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. This book is a ride from the very first page, it leaves you hanging on to find out what Ben and the team are going to face next. Their mission is to rescue a group of 40 children from an orphanage along with their matrons and priest, who have been bravely protecting the kids from falling into the hands of the ruthless Taliban soldiers.If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. With their local contacts comprised, the team’s mission fails and Ben is the only survivor of the deadly carnage.

The Americans have just pulled out, and with the Taliban in control again it would be impossible for him to even get into the country. Sure the Taliban will destroy anything they find themselves, Hope and his comrades begin helping Madison retrieve anything they can To get it out of Afghanistan.All that said, I bloody love the epic battles which have kept me reading way past bed time on many an occasion. Next thing he knows, he’s been co-opted by his old SAS colonel and is heading for Afghanistan to rescue a high-level target known only as ‘spartan’. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Apart from the utter crassness of the character choice, the book ended with a “with one bound he was free” moment. It was another great read in the ever-expanding Ben Hope adventures and might I say, one of the most dangerous ones he had to face.

Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). For thousands of years, Afghanistan has been the rock that generations of would-be conquerors have perished on. An ancient lost city founded by Alexander the Great, rediscovered by Madison’s archaeologist father. At his home and Tactical Training Center in Le Val in Normandy, Ben is with his business partner Jeff Dekker, who is unwell while his third partner Tuesday Fletcher is visiting his family in Jamaica. I have loved these novels for many years and Mariani keeps them sharp, even this deep into this stellar series, which shows no signs of fading!I felt however that the book slumped a bit in the middle with a rather overlong description of Alexander the Great’s Afghan campaign. Mariani uses his strong writing ability to entertain the reader while providing a significant amount of history to prop up the fictional side of the story. And how fitting the title is - this land seems to be truly cursed, whoever dares come across it loses and it bears fruit to nothing, well nothing good. I will give no more details as I don't like spoilers, just enough to say the plot twist ruined it for me , so much so I can only muster a feeble 1 star and a heartfelt sob.