The Amber Room (2003)

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The Amber Room is American author Steve Berry's debut novel. The book is set around the mystery behind the Amber Room's disappearance at the end of World War II (a treasure stolen by Nazis in 1941 from the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, it subsequently disappeared in 1945, amidst the chaos at the end of the war).

It was published in 2003, and has since been followed up by The Romanov Prophecy, in 2004.

[edit] Plot summary

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The story is about an American couple caught up in a ruthless treasure hunt after the long-missing Amber Room. In their search through Germany to uncover the secrets behind its disappearance, they escape near-death in the tunnels running through the Harz Mountains, find themselves hanging off the edge of a tall church steeple, and discover a surprise in a hidden chamber of a Bohemian castle in the Czech Republic.

[edit] Release details

  • 2003, USA, Ballantine, Westminster (ISBN 0-345-46003-0), Pub date ? ? 2003, hardback (First edition)
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