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The Armada Legacy
- Ben Hope, Book 8
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
A sunken secret. A missing woman. A race against time.
Former SAS major Ben Hope is relaxing at his home in Normandy when he hears the worst news of his life. His ex-girlfriend, Dr Brooke Marcel, has been kidnapped. Racing against the clock, Ben's frantic search for Brooke leads him from Ireland to the Spanish mountains and the rainforests of Peru.
What is the mysterious link between the kidnapping, the salvage of a sunken 16th-century Spanish warship and the secret activities of its wealthy discoverer? As the trail of wreckage and mayhem intensifies, Ben soon uncovers a web of intrigue, corruption and brutal murder. But will he be too late to find Brooke alive?
Critic reviews
"Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart...Scott Mariani packs a real punch." (Andy McDermott, best-selling author of Empire of Gold)
"James Bond meets Jason Bourne meets The Da Vinci Code." (J. L. Carrell, best-selling author of The Shakespeare Secret)
"Full of authentic detail and heart-stopping action - a real thrill ride." (Ed Macy, author of the best-selling Apache)
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- Anonymous User
- 15-09-22
Invincible
The invincible Ben Hope who lives on coffee and little sleep goes into action again.
A good action packed thriller and storyline takes you everywhere.
I didn’t like the narration as Brooke now has an American accent which is all wrong.
Characters accents kept changing spoiling the listening pleasure.
ONLY COLIN MACE can narrate the Ben Hope series
Do not use different narrators when a character has a series going.
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- Mark MaC
- 27-01-22
Another great instalment in this series.
Another fantastic instalment in the Ben Hope series. However, my only criticism, is that in each book prior to this one, Brooks had an English accent. Yet all of a sudden, she has h BJJ developed an American accent! That’s the fastest transition of anyone ever losing their accent in history! Besides that, absolutely fantastic story and well read, apart from the cock up with the transition from Home Counties English to American in the space of one book.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 23-02-17
The great Ben Hope does it again
Love it and can't wait to go on to next book . Glad it's not the same narrator as this one is awful almost spoilt book .
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- Hard Press
- 02-09-13
Accents
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend this book because it's a good story if you want to list to something not too taxing, and it's skips along at a decent pace most of the time - the hero is also flawed enough to be believable.
What did you like best about this story?
A good easy read, plot works well enough, the characters are clear cut and mostly believable.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
Narration good apart from a problem with accents. I like Jack Hawkins but he cannot do Spanish (the Peruvian speaks with a French accent) and he has a limited number of 'voices' to cover all the characters.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No
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- katie
- 13-01-17
Disappointed
I'm only marking down the performance because I've read (listened to) all of the Ben hope series and I don't understand why the narrator made Brooke marcel's accent to American from English! It spoils it! Not only that but it's a bad accent!
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- prof100
- 16-05-16
Ben Hope Series Continues Well
this shows that a book series need not be completely formulaic. Fast moving and well narrated
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- mollyeyre
- 24-08-19
Good story, well narrated
Scott Mariani does keep up his standard of tense tales. They do tend to be rather far fetched but written well enough so that one gets drawn in and is carried along with the tension.
Enjoyable!
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- paul
- 03-08-21
As usual great story.
great story, but let down by the Narrator. Jack Hawkins would have been good if not for the fact that we are all used to Colin Mace giving the voices. Jack for some reason decided to give Dr Brook Marcel an American accent which drove me crazy! His delivery and tension was great though.
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- Michael
- 04-08-15
Good book but worst in series so far
On it's own this would be a great book to read but I believe that fans of the Ben hope series will feel it is not one of the best in the series
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- Jeffery
- 10-11-18
Always giving a first class read. This is a must read.
Wonderful writer.just keep going.
Scott has a wonderful way of setting the feel of the story.
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