The Shadow Project

The Shadow Project
Scott Mariani

AN ADRENALINE-FUELLED THRILLER FROM THE MASTER BESTSELLERAN INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY.ONE THAT COULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY.Only one man can foil a plot set to change the course of history…Ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope is enjoying life at Le Val, the facility in Northern France where he trains others in the dangerous art of hostage rescue, until a chance incident forces him to take on the role of bodyguard to the Swiss billionaire Maximilian Steiner.The victim of a recent abduction attempt, Steiner believes that a neo-Nazi terror group are bent on seizing a prized document from his personal collection - one that could support claims that the Holocaust never happened.But what initially seemed like a straightforward VIP protection job is turned upside-down by the appearance of a mystery woman from Ben's past. Could he be right about her, or is he losing his edge?On a quest across Europe, Ben finds himself embroiled in a deadly kidnap intrigue and a sinister project that has lain dormant since 1944. The stakes are global - and this time Ben is also fighting to protect the people closest to him…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 Shadow Project

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

Albert Einstein

The dogma of Christianity gets worn away before the advances of science.

Adolf Hitler

Contents

Cover (#ufd56aaa1-e098-5adc-a73e-0fd476c5b7a3)

Title Page (#u0e746a87-a85e-56cf-a06f-68a9c09246d6)

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Epigraph (#u36a9aaa9-b234-5305-af6d-c9d1589387c6)

Chapter One (#ubd643dad-f3b1-5b9e-b167-effe2ebdc0e0)

Chapter Two (#u666e080f-83ba-5d22-99f5-e914d93e8853)

Chapter Three (#u7921aba6-1b40-57be-82b1-da70df6f2037)

Chapter Four (#uc3f950bc-f81e-500a-9fee-3d7b3badf7e9)

Chapter Five (#u8b31de54-f5a0-53c6-b5a8-198ed83ff185)

Chapter Six (#u0cbb8a09-4869-520a-b0cb-a8cae0fbe381)

Chapter Seven (#u77d1b5bb-cc74-5f21-8170-1b2675978c05)

Chapter Eight (#uf02e238a-fe0f-5024-9255-827d90245d6f)

Chapter Nine (#uddee29f0-30ed-5b64-a3a6-9ec00f49e72b)

Chapter Ten (#ue1a7b6f1-89db-59bd-ab07-55f0b8e87ec1)

Chapter Eleven (#u888e5b23-33aa-5278-920a-fd8e33b82bc5)

Chapter Twelve (#uf7cbf1d9-eba2-5270-ad6d-57312f22f3ba)

Chapter Thirteen (#u05bed03f-bce2-5e4e-ae45-356e96c6f989)

Chapter Fourteen (#uf54802c8-4cae-5816-b3c5-ad8400349651)

Chapter Fifteen (#u00f9c41d-a185-57b3-b0ad-78b2c606f47a)

Chapter Sixteen (#ue826f10d-18bd-556a-953f-a93799197569)

Chapter Seventeen (#ufb7d2ac2-864f-52eb-990b-0cdeb894f37b)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)