Potsdam Station - Hardcover

Downing, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1569479178 ISBN 13: 9781569479179

Publisher: Soho Pr Inc, 2011

Synopsis

In April 1945, Hitler’s Reich is on the verge of extinction. Assaulted by Allied bombs and Soviet shells, ruled by Nazis with nothing to lose, Berlin has become the most dangerous place on earth.

John Russell’s son Paul is stationed on the Eastern Front with the German Army, awaiting the Soviets’ final onslaught. In Berlin, Russell’s girlfriend Effi has been living in disguise, helping fugitives to escape from Germany. With a Jewish orphan to care for, she’s trying to outlast the Nazis.

Russell hasn’t heard from either of them since fleeing Germany in 1941. He is desperate to find out if they’re alive and to protect them from the advancing Red Army. He flies to Moscow, seeking permission to enter Berlin with the Red Army as a journalist, but when the Soviet’s arrest him as a spy, things look bleak—until they find a use for him that has him parachuting into Berlin behind German lines.

About this title

Review:

'An extraordinary evocation of Nazi Germany'
C.J. Sansom

'Excellent . . . Downing's strength is his fleshing out of the tense and often dangerous nature of everyday life in a totalitarian state'
The Times on Silesian Station

'Stands with Alan Furst for authentic detail and atmosphere'
Donald James, author of Monstrum

'Think Robert Harris and Fatherland mixed with a dash of Le Carré'
Publishing News

'A wonderfully drawn spy novel'
The Bookseller on Zoo Station

'Exciting and frightening . . . It's got everything going for it'
Julie Walters on Silesian Station

'Downing is one of the brightest lights in the shadowy world of historical spy fiction'
Birmingham Post --...

About the Author:

David Downing grew up in suburban London. He is the author of numerous books for adults and children, including four novels featuring Anglo-American journalist John Russell. He lives with his wife, an American acupuncturist, in Guildford, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1569479178
• ISBN 13: 9781569479179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340