Book description
April 1945. Hitler's Reich is on the verge of extinction, and its
enemies are already plotting against each other. Assaulted by Allied
bombs and Soviet shells, ruled by Nazis with nothing to lose, Berlin
has become the most dangerous place on earth.
Anglo-American
journalist John Russell has travelled to Moscow, having escaped from
Berlin in 1941 as America entered the war following the attack on
Pearl Harbour.
Russell's eighteen-year-old son Paul, born to a
German mother, is on the Oder front line, awaiting the final Soviet
onslaught, ready to retreat towards Berlin, and resigned to the
certain prospect of either death or imprisonment. Inside Berlin,
Russell's girlfriend Effi has a Jewish orphan to care for, and the
Gestapo on her trail. The advancing Red Army promises liberation, but
is also seeking retribution, particularly from German women.
To
find and save his son and girlfriend, Russell must reach Berlin no
later than the Red Army. But only the Soviets can get him there, and
the price of their help will threaten both his and the world's future.
David Downing is the author of several works of fiction and
non-fiction. His first novel in the 'John Russell and Effi Koenen'
series, Zoo Station, was published by Old Street in 2007, followed by
Silesian Station in 2008, Stettin Station in 2009 and Potsdam Station in
2010. He lives in Surrey with his wife and two cats.
