Inspector Pekkala, Stalin's top secret agent, heads to Berlin on his final mission. The seventh and final novel in Sam Eastland's "Gripping series of literary thrillers" (Booklist). BERLIN RED follows Pekkala in a heart-stopping race to intercept Hitler's secret weapon before it is unleashed.<p>It is April 1945. East of Berlin, the Red Army stands poised to unleash its final assault upon the ruined capital of Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich. To the north, at a lonely outpost near the Baltic Sea, German scientists perfect a guidance system for the mighty V-2 rocket, which has already caused massive damage to London. This device, known only by the code name Diamond Stream, will allow the rocket to arrive at its target with pinpoint accuracy. So devastating is the potential of this newly mastered technology that Hitler's promise to the German people of a 'miracle weapon' that will turn the tide of the war might actually come true.<p>When a radio message sent to Hitler's headquarters, heralding the success of Diamond Stream, is intercepted by an English listening station, British Intelligence orders one of its last agents operating in Berlin to acquire the plans for the device. Desperate to evacuate their agent from the doomed city before the Red Army swarms through it streets, British Special Operations turns to the Kremlin for help. They ask for one man in particular - Inspector Pekkala. <p>This time, for Pekkala, it is personal. --Dust jacket flap.