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Scott Mariani 3 Book Bundle
Scott Mariani
In The Alchemist’s Secret, ex SAS member Ben Hope is recruited to locate an ancient manuscript which could save a dying child. It turns out to be the deadliest quest of his life.Ben Hope is running for his life in The Mozart Conspiracy. Enlisted by the beautiful Leigh Llewellyn – opera star and Ben’s first love – to investigate her brother’s mysterious death, Ben finds himself caught up in a centuries-old puzzle.The Doomsday Prophecy sees Ben Hope in a risky mission searching for a missing biblical archaeologist. What is the ancient secret she uncovered? And just who is willing to do anything to protect it?
SCOTT MARIANI
Scott Mariani 3 Book Bundle
Contents
Title Page (#u51f4b4ec-7b4e-5c64-93f6-0449e0c1d4a7)
The Alchemist’s Secret (#ulink_73b14b89-f4b1-5b71-bd38-127845b4f785)
The Mozart Conspiracy
The Doomsday Prophecy
About the Author (#ulink_b12f7fd4-a3b1-5baf-bc21-94621000b774)
Read on for an exclusive extract of the new Ben Hope thriller The Armada Legacy (#ubdc5af29-bdf9-5329-b83b-bb7bc93ce70e)
Copyright (#ulink_6f87d1e6-9ca2-5c91-b76a-f8a1c1b90222)
About the Publisher (#u10cfb7d3-c1d8-55dc-9bfe-3192cb3af52d)
The Alchemist’s Secret (#ufd816bce-f076-5992-aa07-a23b2fba2641)
SCOTT MARIANI
The Alchemist’s Secret
Dedication (#ulink_337e3fd4-5c96-5cf3-9485-efe08c6b5e6a)
To Marco, Miriam and Luca
Epigraph (#ulink_02cc875d-5bea-560a-aba1-7251ac0d02c9)
‘Seek, my Brother, without becoming discouraged;the task is hard, I know, but to conquer withoutdanger is to triumph without glory.’
The Alchemist Fulcanelli
Contents
Title Page (#u41d0a781-ac20-5ec0-a12f-9a41bed5afd6)
Dedication (#ulink_b9f3b92f-50ec-5a26-b1be-f1da0c533136)
Epigraph (#ulink_f49b3193-ff36-5d63-be2b-29bb28a48bf2)
Chapter 1 (#ulink_73ba41ae-73ce-5b26-b1f1-f855b2a7d334)
Chapter 2 (#ulink_d5367f22-3756-5eba-bf0a-614c3e1bdab6)
Chapter 3 (#ulink_75d7d082-d873-547a-9b59-44abf8c34161)
Chapter 4 (#ulink_e1bc8e5a-dc8f-5bbc-a8df-9f18e855cd85)
Chapter 5 (#ulink_80c23e40-1459-51de-8afb-08406a25d0c1)
Chapter 6 (#ulink_8972f924-a8b1-5291-92e5-bb3e60464e10)
Chapter 7 (#ulink_490b40f5-dccc-5a83-8050-347c573feff9)
Chapter 8 (#ulink_842d550b-8d3c-5526-882b-00b87a16b275)
Chapter 9 (#ulink_5af25790-7b44-574f-904a-f566bf9406a0)
Chapter 10 (#ulink_132113d4-e2ae-5d7d-9216-46b9e21b5f26)
Chapter 11 (#ulink_5c03dfd0-3f03-50f8-8f1c-5053abc143ea)
Chapter 12 (#ulink_84ac5835-666c-542e-8c57-681515c804f4)
Chapter 13 (#ulink_8f615acf-ab09-5673-994b-9954bbf31276)
Chapter 14 (#ulink_acc52e1b-6b31-5177-ab8e-67fbae17294f)
Chapter 15 (#ulink_e6377c66-4ca3-5786-bebb-122adced6cd3)
Chapter 16 (#ulink_17e14f56-67e8-52da-969c-c581caa5421c)
Chapter 17 (#ulink_4e3ee49a-7bda-5f8b-a1a9-f300d433b521)
Chapter 18 (#ulink_209bebe0-77cd-5dc4-b379-0733150627dc)
Chapter 19 (#ulink_792ea438-8d29-5b62-83c9-173cd69f1389)
Chapter 20 (#ulink_3a4e11b6-ea57-5785-a97b-880fdf73fb65)
Chapter 21 (#ulink_5f002dbb-9e55-52a5-8cc3-5c0d9ced53df)
Chapter 22 (#ulink_903df169-2816-5203-bf4d-d40220dfd646)
Chapter 23 (#ulink_83d0ecf0-c482-577d-91fd-aec7588ed34c)
Chapter 24 (#ulink_2dbc43da-459f-5f78-a9a5-4580a35ea2d2)
Chapter 25 (#ulink_e70c4997-5746-507f-9844-b53a9fee9010)
Chapter 26 (#ulink_81577a79-1076-5944-887e-5457dbb0e31d)
Chapter 27 (#ulink_5bde06c5-ab66-52d6-b388-c4164eb8fcd2)
Chapter 28 (#ulink_ec7d0630-1117-5526-a8b5-d3c2be6542bb)
Chapter 29 (#ulink_bb552558-b1ce-5ef0-9306-43a3fac3abed)
Chapter 30 (#ulink_478154a8-8c9e-5160-91be-ba986e4babee)
Chapter 31 (#ulink_1a81e83b-7732-5d83-8047-84c085788b96)
Chapter 32 (#ulink_28a1fdc1-14da-57ab-be66-9f93c5f2a28f)
Chapter 33 (#ulink_101af598-359f-5862-8a42-307527788d84)
Chapter 34 (#ulink_1d531d36-ec79-5b7d-ab1c-3e63c5071a69)
Chapter 35 (#ulink_4a2acb55-42c2-574c-bf8d-7515f4803104)
Chapter 36 (#ulink_4c337ec4-792e-59b7-a61e-c3c55222c18a)
Chapter 37 (#ulink_9b69005d-9fbf-58b9-85c0-de16ad02fa0c)
Chapter 38 (#ulink_26a9d58f-eaf6-5bcf-98de-1e05a0bd4e94)
Chapter 39 (#ulink_224e8823-4907-583f-a53b-1b9b450a86c4)
Chapter 40 (#ulink_0901705c-f761-55c5-af65-08e32de70d0f)
Chapter 41 (#ulink_d1ff4c5a-49d2-5ea0-a0d4-755de069938f)
Chapter 42 (#ulink_89abd2c3-f805-5e87-a1a4-d91322e46fb6)
Chapter 43 (#ulink_8186da59-dc5f-59d4-b59e-f32d7351dd10)
Chapter 44 (#ulink_20ce8272-e0a2-55b7-abd8-b765c077f3f1)
Chapter 45 (#ulink_aa9ea99b-a171-59af-984c-2351507a05d3)
Chapter 46 (#ulink_d6c9a1a0-f548-5260-b270-163c6e31afbd)
Chapter 47 (#ulink_7492c103-b49f-55f7-8c67-e306f82805e6)
Chapter 48 (#ulink_65be5b03-6752-5cbd-ad33-d64f23e50c3e)
Chapter 49 (#ulink_94440f78-ed64-525f-8980-97f0f02a62e7)
Chapter 50 (#ulink_dc7ade36-7040-5c1c-a3ab-bdebc387ca9b)
Chapter 51 (#ulink_be15bd6f-ac72-5164-9fde-61b0a8dd9f07)
Chapter 52 (#ulink_e27adb5b-efc3-57f6-8b4a-4444bf9b2c87)
Chapter 53 (#ulink_ed37d10e-14ab-56cb-b2e1-0a01fbec56aa)
Chapter 54 (#ulink_e72a29c6-8b00-5028-9a54-dc4fff15fca8)
Chapter 55 (#ulink_97fbc481-211d-5de5-93c0-5df91b397b4e)
Chapter 56 (#ulink_f937b2cd-16a3-5020-b118-78eb9d6a846f)
Chapter 57 (#ulink_18a39587-9d06-5c82-af34-b322e2453b55)
Chapter 58 (#ulink_6b0ec4e9-2063-5244-b62f-5b1c494d4d55)
Chapter 59 (#ulink_6accda44-f619-5226-ae13-7494fc4c2279)
Chapter 60 (#ulink_a7058b15-b3f8-5804-9117-8d183211d181)
Chapter 61 (#ulink_e2508df3-db65-5074-b07e-4f89033d5895)
Chapter 62 (#ulink_0480e643-e971-57d5-bde1-679ac391182a)
Chapter 63 (#ulink_a71e9c50-074b-50a0-91ff-dd97c00b831c)
Chapter 64 (#ulink_4c028d6e-5432-5c79-ba4c-5741d95d0f2a)
Chapter 65 (#ulink_bdde787f-5b6a-52ab-b556-81b46244a9f6)
Chapter 66 (#ulink_d1db3ca3-c94a-5675-8077-d367b64f1614)
Acknowledgements (#ulink_338a2f7a-d51b-5567-8e00-6a44021ff35c)
Author’s Note (#ulink_79cc2897-9e2c-50c8-840e-c7b361c4869b)
1 (#ua7bb5faa-e4df-5b0b-b7c4-d61e9f24228d)
France, October 2001
Father Pascal Cambriel pulled his hat down tight and his coat collar up around his neck to protect against the lashing rain. The storm had ripped open the door to his hen-house and the birds were running amok in a panic. The sixty-four-year-old priest herded them back in with his stick, counting them as they went. What a night!
A flash of lightning illuminated the yard about him and the whole of the ancient stone village. Behind the wall of his cottage garden lay the tenth-century church of Saint-Jean with its simple cemetery, the crumbling headstones and ivy. The roofs of the houses and the rugged landscape beyond were brightly lit by the lightning flash that split the sky, then plunged back into darkness as the crash of the thunder followed a second later. Streaming with rainwater, Father Pascal pushed home the bolt of the hen-house door, locking the squawking birds safely in.
Another bright flash, and something else caught the priest’s eye as he turned to dash back to the cottage. He stopped dead with a gasp.
Visible for just an instant, a tall, thin, ragged figure stood watching him from across the low wall. Then it was gone.
Father Pascal rubbed his eyes with his wet hands. Had he imagined it? The lightning flashed again, and in the instant of flickering white light he saw the strange man running away across the edge of the village and into the woods.
