The Amber Room

The Amber Room is American author Steve Berry's debut novel. It was published in 2003, and has since been followed up by The Romanov Prophecy in 2004.

Plot

The story is about an American couple caught up in a ruthless treasure hunt after the long-missing Amber Room, a treasure stolen by Nazis in 1941 from Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia. In their search through Germany to uncover the secrets behind its subsequent disappearance in 1945, 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 Bohemian castle in the Czech Republic.