The Amber Room - Steve Berry

Set against the historical background of World War 2, The Amber Room is the hunt for the lost treasure of Nazi Germany. In this case, tablets of amber panels which once decorated the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia. The panels where take from the palace by the Nazi's, but as the Allied forces drew closer to Berlin, they disappeared. Some believe they were destroyed by fire, others that they were hidden by Hitler, until Germany won the war. The story begins in a concentration camp, where Karol Borya, witnesses the brutal interrogation of German soldiers by Hermann Goring in an effort to find where Hitler had sent them. The novel then moves to modern ...  Read the complete review