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    Archive 17: A Novel of Suspense

    Written by Sam Eastland

    Narrated by Paul Michael

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    About this audiobook

    Stalin's most trusted secret agent, the legendary Inspector Pekkala, is on his deadliest mission-one that could save his country . . . or plunge it into the abyss.

    It 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 Borodok.

    Pekkala 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 best-kept secrets are those that no one even knows exist.

    In 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 long-lost 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 dead.

    With the superb research and stunning suspense that are his trademarks, Sam Eastland delivers his most powerful Pekkala novel yet-the best in a mystery series riveting readers and reviewers alike.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 28, 2012
    ISBN9780307970077
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    Reviews for Archive 17

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    • 3/5
      Not as good as either of his first two books with the same primary character. Very interesting blending in of history of the Soviet Union/Russia under the Tsar and then Stalin. An easy read.
    • 4/5
      Completely holds my interest, tho not great. Was disappointed that the author had Pekkala returning to the gulag and was certainly not interested in reading any more about the horrors there, but turned out to be more than interesting enough. And, the whole story more than interesting enough. I will happily keep reading.
    • 4/5
      Sam Eastland's Inspector Pekkala novels comprise one of my favorite historical mystery series. The scenes of Tsarist and Stalinist Russia are vivid and draw me straight into the story. In the case of Archive 17, I was also drawn into the life of a Siberian Gulag, and I'm still thawing out and feeling hungry and filthy.It's fascinating to watch Pekkala remember pieces of his past as Nicholas II's chief investigator as he tries to infiltrate the group of convicts who are still loyal to the Tsar, and those in charge at the Borodok have their own motivations that he must deal with as well. Perhaps my favorite scene in the entire book involves Pekkala's partner, Major Kirov, and the fate of an archivist and all his documents in Moscow; the possibilities linger on in my mind.Pekkala is a bit like the Clint Eastwood we've become familiar with throughout his film career: a big, soft-spoken man who doesn't say much but observes all. A man who's learned that the only person upon whom he can rely is himself. A highly principled man who sometimes finds those principles at war with the simple need to survive. This is the third time Pekkala has tried to stay alive while keeping true to himself. Having bosses like Nicholas II and Josef Stalin, it's far from an easy task, and with historic detail, a tightly woven plot, and some heart-stopping action, Sam Eastland makes fascinating reading of Pekkala's struggles.
    • 3/5
      Not as good as either of his first two books with the same primary character. Very interesting blending in of history of the Soviet Union/Russia under the Tsar and then Stalin. An easy read.
    • 4/5
      This is a little more believable that the other Eastland books because Statlin's personality is more on character.
    • 3/5
      This is the third in the author's Inspector Pekkala series. Like the others, it is a good and quick page turner, but again the whole plot centring around three or four anti-Bolsheviks from the White Armies of twenty years before, stuck in a labour camp in 1939 and planning to escape, recover the Tsar's gold and seize power in Siberia, is just not believable. Again, there are quite a lot of annoying and unnecessary historical and cultural mistakes and anachronisms. Finally, why does the author use section headings that are just named by the first few words in the section, however inconsequential. I realise this last point isn't really a crucial - it wouldn't matter if the novel was better, but is just another irritant in this instance. 3/5
    • 4/5
      This is the 3rd and what seems like the final book in the Pekkala series. This book had plenty of twists and turns and seemed to wrap up pretty well. Very fast read as the story didn't lag at all. Nice job Sam Eastland.
    • 4/5
      In his third outing Inspector Pekkala, formerly the most trusted agent of Nicholas ii and known as the Emerald Eye of the Tsar, is instructed by Stalin to investigate a murder at the notorious Siberian death camp where he [Pekkala] was formerly a prisoner. To do so means going under-cover in the Borodok labour camp and trying to survive not only the conditions, his fellow prisoners and the inept guards, but also Stalin’s capricious whims and demands. With war looming [it’s 1939] Russia desperately needs money, and the Romanov gold the murder was committed to protect might be the salvation of the Communist state – or ensure Pekkala a life of unimaginable luxury if he can escape the USSR. This is Eastland’s best yet.
    • 5/5
      In 1939 Russia is on the brink of bankruptcy and also a possible war with Germany. Stalin chooses Pekkala to go undercover to search for the legendary missing gold of Tsar NicholasII. Pekkala goes to Siberia and Borodor, the notorious Gulag where he wa once a prisoner. This is the third Pekkala book and my first. I am now a huge fan and plan to read the other two. If you want to read something that has it all then read this book. I won this from Goodreads.