VALLEY OF DEATH
Scott Mariani
Published by Avon an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
Copyright © Scott Mariani 2019
Cover photograph, Ancient building © Katarina Hoglova / Shutterstock; Foreground path © Saeed Husain Rizvi / Shutterstock; Figure © Henry Steadman
Cover design by Henry Steadman 2018
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Source ISBN: 9780008235963
Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008235956
Version: 2019-04-10
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Contents
Copyright
Praise
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31