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  • The Silver Serpent

  • Ben Hope, Book 25
  • By: Scott Mariani
  • Narrated by: Colin Mace
  • Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (28 ratings)

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The Silver Serpent

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Publisher's Summary

Some legends lie buried for a reason....

To fight extraordinary odds, you need an extraordinary man. 

Under the fierce heat of the Australian outback, the laws of nature serve a rough justice. When a man vanishes deep in the Northern Territory, local police write it off. But his family suspect otherwise—and when the call for help goes out, Ben Hope and Jeff Decker are there to hear it.

Ben’s instincts, honed by years of Special Forces missions, soon see the story told by a trail of bullet casings, rumours of a missing map and a lethal cocktail of greed, power and money.

This savagely beautiful land holds a secret it won’t give up easily—and for Ben, discovering the truth will mean not only going up against a small army of hired guns and their twisted paymaster but also surviving a place where the wilderness is as powerful as the weapons his enemies have trained on him.

©2022 Scott Mariani (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"Compelling from the first page until the last, Mariani and his fabulous protagonist Ben Hope entertain in a gripping tale that will have you turning the pages well into the night." (Mark Dawson)

"Thrilling. Scott Mariani is at the top of his game." (Andy McDermott)

"A high level of realism…the action scenes come thick and fast. 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." (Shots Magazine)

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Disappointing

I always look forward to a new Ben Hope & Jeff Decker book, but this one missed the mark. As an Australian it's bloody annoying when the narrator doesn't learn how to pronounce places and things correctly in our country. Not enough humour and I missed it.
In saying I can't wait to see who ends up in France in the next book

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Underwhelming

I was looking for a crime story in the Australian outback.
Listening to it i kept hoping for some of the feelings of being in the middle of the country that I had experienced but it was missing. Much lauded Aussie slang, and references to Aboriginal culture and myths were contrived and disrupted the flow of the story for me.
A good effort at presenting the various accents but in this case another unnecessary distraction and to this Aussie not very accurate.
Fast moving and detailed descriptions of weapons and vehicles would suit some readers but not others.
I did finish it so something about the formula worked!

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love all his books

what can I say.. another great listen. I love all scott Mariani's books and this was no exception

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