''The Amber Room'' is American author Steve Berry's debut novel. The book is set around the mystery behind the

Amber Room The Amber Room ( rus, Янтарная комната, r=Yantarnaya Komnata, german: Bernsteinzimmer, pl, Bursztynowa komnata) was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsar ...

's disappearance at the end of World War II (a treasure stolen by

Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ...

in 1941 from the

Catherine Palace The Catherine Palace (russian: Екатерининский дворец, ) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. The Palace is part of the ...

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 ''The Romanov Prophecy'' is a 2004 novel written by Steve Berry (novelist), Steve Berry. The novel relates the adventures of Miles Lord, an African-American lawyer in post-communist Russia on finding the descendants of Grand Duchess Anastasia Niko ...

'', in 2004.

Plot summary

The story is about judge Rachel Cutler and her husband Paul, a divorced American couple caught up in a treasure hunt for the long-missing Amber Room. A couple of competitive professional treasure hunters complicate matters. 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

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

n castle in the Czech Republic.

Release details

*2003, USA, Ballantine, Westminster (), 2003, hardback (First edition)

External links

Official Website of Steve BerryHistory Matters, the Steve and Elizabeth Berry foundation to preserve historical sites.
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