The Doomsday Prophecy

The Doomsday Prophecy
Scott Mariani

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHORWhen ex-SAS operative Ben Hope decided to give up rescuing kidnap victims in favour of the Theology studies he abandoned years before, he should have known that fate would decide differently.Searching for missing biblical archaeologist Zoë Bradbury, Ben finds himself embroiled in his riskiest mission yet. What is the ancient secret that Zoë uncovered? And just who is willing to do anything to protect it?The investigation leads Ben from Greece to the American Deep South and the holy city of Jerusalem, and he soon discovers that it's not just his and Zoë's lives on the line, but those of millions, threatened by a fundamentalist plot to gain ultimate power. The stakes are terrifyingly high as Ben races to prevent a disaster that could kick-start apocalyptic events as foretold by the Book of Revelation…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…

SCOTT MARIANI

The Doomsday Prophecy

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Dedication (#ulink_9ef0e001-db5c-5e8f-bfd3-8a97945cd77c)

For Malcolm and Isabelle

‘Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear thewords of this prophecy, and keep those things whichare written therein:

For the time IS at hand.’

Book of Revelation 1:3

The Holy Bible

Contents

Cover (#u559cff00-24e4-5503-b886-44635f341cc7)

Title Page (#u1c1cb186-d189-5c6e-a958-5fe5ff1843ad)

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Dedication (#u96654874-e657-541a-9a1a-d775049cd168)

Epigraph (#ucc3a52da-d276-5806-9995-102edf9ddc5a)

Chapter One (#uc61b9147-649c-5a80-a58b-37debc29de02)

Chapter Two (#u76bacacd-649d-535b-99ce-ddc5341d95d3)

Chapter Three (#u255d18ef-d400-54f1-9685-e504e555a31d)

Chapter Four (#u1a8c6c09-ebb0-59d9-a3ae-3b700c71f89d)

Chapter Five (#u93690c19-9202-5190-b734-65fcb09321f5)

Chapter Six (#u28a9a2fe-b504-56c0-bf51-5a78f2ee15f5)

Chapter Seven (#uc9ad710a-d127-58f4-98eb-60d775dcec87)

Chapter Eight (#u0a0f2543-f54d-5bff-9524-05c414852f63)

Chapter Nine (#u5fcbe7bc-7ecd-5f82-b93a-5a41b15a11e5)

Chapter Ten (#ud6de324c-8ecd-5bce-b6c0-bf70e1cbea71)

Chapter Eleven (#u739e8791-3bb2-51cb-a164-b8914094ada4)

Chapter Twelve (#udbcb8f92-a89a-59f7-bba9-892d32588cb7)

Chapter Thirteen (#u2e4c39de-4133-5a06-9b43-da7e6e06a857)

Chapter Fourteen (#uf3eea95e-bd14-5e84-8598-9bb394c0df2f)

Chapter Fifteen (#u4ae265ca-80af-5039-b052-ed3b0ec3a483)

Chapter Sixteen (#ud0832da8-2c91-54bb-9447-4f859d29ae73)