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    The Heretic’s Treasure

    By Scott Mariani

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 25, 2009
    ISBN9780007334575
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    Scott Mariani

    Scott Mariani is the author of the worldwide-acclaimed action / adventure series featuring maverick ex-SAS hero Ben Hope. Scott’s books have topped the bestseller charts in the UK and beyond. Scott was born in Scotland, studied in Oxford and now lives and writes in rural west Wales.

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    • 4/5
      Overall, typical Mariani fare, which is to say it mixes great action and intrigue with ancient mystery and a dash of actual history. Well worth your time. Some minor weaknesses in the plot that I'm happy to overlook. One minor comment though, I thought the romantic entanglements were rather weakly done.Also, a word about the "Ben Hope universe" - others have said that it's not necessary to read them in order, and strictly speaking that's true in the sense that each book is a self-contained story. However, Mariani does tend to reference earlier incidents in all of his books. Thus, reading them in order allows you to understand those references - this, along with the deeper understanding of the Ben Hope psyche, provides a greater reading experience in my opinion.
    • 3/5
      This is the funniest book I've read in quite a while. It's a satire of the thriller genre so comically overblown I had to annoy Jo by reading bits out to her. Cleverly, Mariani employs the tropes while taking the piss out of them so it's also a very entertaining thriller in it's own right. Underlying the chain of preposterous coincidences that constitute the plot is an excellent structure. It opens with an old man ushering the hero with a thousand faces into the world of adventure, builds to Aristotle's mid-point reversal and then has Ibsen's gun go off in the third act. All so smoothly done that reading it is like swimming with the current. Mariani will probably never write a great novel. I don't think he'd bother trying. He's an entertainer and a consummate professional.
    • 4/5
      A good read, which gallops on. Read mainly in one session. Unexpected twist at the end.