The Valley of the Serpent is another sweeping thriller by Alan Reynolds, taking the reader on a roller-coaster journey through the Derbyshire Peak District in the UK, through Switzerland, France and The Northern Territories of Australia. Young Geologist, Harry Bentham is head-hunted by an unscrupulous mining firm who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Events gradually unfold which lead Harry to question the ethics of the company for whom he is working and their methods in obtaining mining licenses. His actions put him and those around him in grave danger as the consequences of those actions descend rapidly into a question of survival.