The Armada Legacy

The Armada Legacy
Scott Mariani

THE MASTER BESTSELLER RETURNS WITH THIS GRIPPING THRILLER.A SUNKEN SECRET. A MISSING WOMAN.A RACE AGAINST TIME.Former SAS major Ben Hope is relaxing at his home in Normandy when he hears the worst news of his life. His ex-girlfriend Dr Brooke Marcel has been kidnapped.Racing against the clock, Ben’s frantic search for Brooke leads him from Ireland to the Spanish mountains and the rainforests of Peru.What is the mysterious link between the kidnapping, the salvage of a sunken 16th-century Spanish warship and the secret activities of its wealthy discoverer?As the trail of wreckage and mayhem intensifies, Ben soon uncovers a web of intrigue, corruption and brutal murder.But will he be too late to find Brooke alive?BEN HOPE is one of the most celebrated action adventure heroes in British fiction and Scott Mariani is the author of numerous bestsellers. Join the ever-growing legion of readers who get breathless with anticipation when the countdown to the new Ben Hope thriller begins…

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2013

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Source ISBN: 9780007398430

Ebook Edition © September 2016 ISBN: 9780007398447

Version: 2018-06-22

That’s my last Duccd hess painted on the wall,

Looking as if she were alive. I call

That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf’s hands

Worked busily a day, and there she stands.

Will’t please you sit and look at her?

Robert Browning, My Last Duchess

Contents

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Title Page (#u2ccb33f9-89de-5f2f-ba53-cd8b270c6ccb)

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Epigraph (#ub2ad3c5b-489a-5139-91f3-e09e13f76511)

Chapter One (#ud1a0816f-8c10-5314-9266-8f555c86464b)

Chapter Two (#u81371e80-1e7a-5e19-9e82-0fe16c3e99eb)

Chapter Three (#ue301fd78-bd1f-527d-8b16-db663f184ad3)

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Chapter Nine (#ub03e0bc7-1263-58bd-9739-d36174799cb1)

Chapter Ten (#u37a53661-128a-52c2-9fb7-caca9f846a7d)

Chapter Eleven (#ucb020dcc-28ab-5b30-9e5c-260a1d300b82)

Chapter Twelve (#ubebad20f-ce3c-5806-bbed-b056d476c2a8)

Chapter Thirteen (#u82ad07c5-de1f-53cd-a2c5-b5e1b5655d56)

Chapter Fourteen (#uf297d13b-a232-55aa-a041-313e1dc22777)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)