Book description
It is 1939. The world stands on the brink of Armageddon. In the
Soviet Union, years of revolution, fear and persecution have left the
country unprepared to face the onslaught of Nazi Germany. For the
coming battles, Stalin has placed his hopes on a 30-ton steel monster,
known to its inventors as the T-34 tank, and, the 'Red Coffin' to
those men who will soon be using it. But the design is not yet
complete. And when Colonel Nagorski, the weapon's secretive and
eccentric architect, is found murdered, Stalin sends for Pekkala, his
most trusted investigator. Stalin is convinced that a sinister group
calling itself the White Guild, made up of former soldiers of the
Tsar, intend to bring about a German invasion before the Red Coffin is
ready. While Soviet engineers struggle to complete the design of the
tank, Pekkala must track down the White Guild and expose their plans
to propel Germany and Russia into conflict.
Sam Eastland lives in the US and the UK. He is the grandson of a
London police detective. His first novel in the Inspector Pekkala
series was Eye of the Red Tsar.
