Name: The Alchemist's Secret
Rating: 3.285714285714286 (7 reviews)
ISBN: 9781847563408

Scott Mariani

THE #1 BESTSELLER Ben Hope lives on the edge. A former elite member of the SAS, Ben is tortured by a tragedy from his past and now devotes his life to finding kidnapped children.

The Alchemist's Secret

Where there's Hope there's trouble! Ben Hope lives on the edge. A former elite member of the SAS, Ben is tortured by a tragedy from his past and now devotes his life to finding kidnapped children. But when Ben is recruited to locate an ancient manuscript which could save a dying child, he embarks on the deadliest quest of his life. The document is alleged to contain the formula for the elixir of life, discovered by the brilliant alchemist Fulcanelli decades before. But it soon becomes apparent that others are hunting this most precious of treasures - for far more evil ends. When the secrets of alchemy hidden within the pages remain impenetrable, Ben teams up with beautiful American scientist Dr Roberta Ryder to crack the code. It seems that everyone - from the Nazis during WW2 and powerful Catholic organisation Gladius Domini - wants to unearth the secrets of immortality. The trail leads Ben and Roberta from Paris to the ancient Cathar strongholds of the Languedoc, where an astonishing secret has lain hidden for centuries!

Vilde

After listening til 
  Origins
 by Dan Brown, I felt for something similar. I've previously read a book by Mariani, which was ages ago, but I knew that this series would follow in the same niche as 
  The Da Vinci Code
 by Dan Brown. 

I definitely enjoyed listening to The Alchemist's Secret, it was enjoyable. The information about alchemy and Languedoc and the Cathars - it made me think about the 
  Languedoc trilogy
 by Kate Mosse - was particularly interesting.

The Alchemist's Secret

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