"This gripping audiobook, narrated ably by Scott Brick, focuses on the chilling premise that both candidates for chancellor of Germany are Hitler's children...Brick's delivery is superb, bringing to the mic his ability to create unique voices--in this case, characters with distinctive accents from Germany, South America, and elsewhere. As the story unfolds, so, too, does Brick's intensity--right up to the audiobook's explosive conclusion." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
This program includes an author's note read by Steve Berry.
In New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s latest Cotton Malone adventure, a secret dossier from a World War II-era Soviet spy comes to light containing information that, if proven true, would not only rewrite history — it could impact Germany's upcoming national elections and forever alter the political landscape of Europe.
Two candidates are vying to become Chancellor of Germany. One is a patriot having served for the past sixteen years, the other a usurper, stoking the flames of nationalistic hate. Both harbor secrets, but only one knows the truth about the other. They are on a collision course, all turning on the events of one fateful day — April 30, 1945 — and what happened deep beneath Berlin in the Fürherbunker. Did Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun die there? Did Martin Bormann, Hitler’s close confidant, manage to escape? And, even more important, where did billions in Nazi wealth disappear to in the waning days of World War II? The answers to these questions will determine who becomes the next Chancellor of Germany.
From the mysterious Chilean lake district, to the dangerous mesas of South Africa, and finally into the secret vaults of Switzerland, former-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone discovers the truth about the fates of Hitler, Braun, and Bormann. Revelations that could not only transform Europe, but finally expose a mystery known as the Kaiser’s web.
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books
Praise for Scott Brick as Cotton Malone:
"Brick is a masterful narrator, raising the tension in the action scenes while keeping the listener engaged in the slower historical segments."—AudioFile Magazine on The Malta Exchange
"Narrator Scott Brick's smooth voice flows with the twists and turns of Berry's political thriller...Secrets unravel, and tensions rise as Brick shifts vocal focus from the historical secret society to contemporary conspirators who include corrupt politicians and judges."—AudioFile Magazine on The Lost Order
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“This gripping audiobook, narrated ably by Scott Brick…Brick’s delivery is superb, bringing to the mic his ability to create unique voices—in this case, characters with distinctive accents from Germany, South America, and elsewhere. As the story unfolds, so, too, does Brick’s intensity—right up to the audiobook’s explosive conclusion. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFile
“A no-holds-barred, high-stakes romp with echoes of class spy novelists like John le Carré, Len Deighton, and Alistair MacLean…A story stitched along classic lines that never disappoints in laying out a riveting and relentless tapestry.”
— Providence Journal“Filled with mystery, history and intrigue, twists and turns that keep your head spinning until the very end…a wonderfully informative, entertaining and fast-paced novel.”
— Mystery and Suspense Magazine“[A] tantalizing historical what-if.”
— Publishers WeeklyBe the first to write a review about this audiobook!
Steve Berry is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of seventeen Cotton Malone and four stand-alone novels, among other books and works of short fiction. He has twenty-five million books in print, translated into forty languages. He is an emeritus member of the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board and a founding member of International Thriller Writers. With his wife, Elizabeth, he is the founder of History Matters, which is dedicated to historical preservation.
Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.