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Archive 17: A Novel of Suspense [Hardcover] Eastland, Sam

Stalins most trusted secret agent, the legendary Inspector Pekkala, is on his deadliest missionone that could save his country or plunge it into the abyssIt is 1939 Russia teeters on the verge of war with Germany It is also on the brink of bankruptcy To preserve his regime, Stalin orders a search for the legendary missing gold of Tsar Nicholas II For this task, he chooses Pekkala, the former investigator for the Tsar To accomplish his mission, Pekkala will go undercover, returning to Siberia and the nightmare of his own past, where he was once a prisoner in the notorious Gulag known as BorodokPekkala must infiltrate a gang of convicts still loyal to the Tsar who, it is rumored, know the whereabouts of the precious gold He soon learns that the bestkept secrets are those that no one even knows existIn the brutal frozen fortress where his survival once made him a myth, he begins to unravel the true identity of a murdered inmate, whose own mission to Siberia has lain buried for years deep within the mysterious Archive 17, where longlost files obscure a shocking conspiracy that could decide the future of the Soviet Union itself As more people die around him, Pekkala must decide where his true loyalties lie, or else take his place among the deadWith the superb research and stunning suspense that are his trademarks, Sam Eastland delivers his most powerful Pekkala novel yetthe best in a mystery series riveting readers and reviewers alike