When ex-SAS major Ben Hope is urgently recalled to the UK from his base in France to assist with a family crisis, little does he know that he’s about to be drawn into one of the most dangerous missions of his career: his son Jude has been accused of a brutal murder, and all the evidence points to his guilt.

To prove Jude’s innocence Ben embarks on a wild chase, facing up against mysterious killers and piecing together a fragile web of clues. What connects an all-female criminal gang from the early 1900s called the Forty Elephants, a century-old vendetta and a shadowy government conspiracy that claimed millions of innocent lives?

Along the way Ben teams up with his former acquaintance, rugged Detective Tom McAllister. They’re heading for a showdown in the wilds of Cornwall, and the villains have no intention of letting Ben come out of it alive . . .

Mark Dawson‘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’

Andy McDermott‘Thrilling. Scott Mariani is at the top of his game’

Shots Magazine‘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’

J. L. Carrell‘James Bond meets Jason Bourne meets The Da Vinci Code’

David Leadbeater‘History, action, devious scheming and eye-opening detail. Mariani delivers a twisting storyline’

Steve Berry'Non-stop action – this book delivers’

The gripping new Ben Hope thriller from the Number One bestseller. People can’t get enough of the Ben Hope series: