The Last Kingdom

'Full of twists and turns, a real page turner, couldn't put it down' Reader review----- 'Sensational read' Reader review----- 'A triumph of storytelling' Reader review----- From celebrated New York Times bestselling author, Steve Berry, comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, in which the discovery of a lost historical document challenges the global might of the United States. King Ludwig II of Bavaria was an enigmatic figure who was deposed in 1886, mysteriously drowning three days later. Eccentric to the point of madness, history tells us that in the years before he died Ludwig engaged in a worldwide search for a new kingdom, one separate, apart, and in lieu of Bavaria. A place he could retreat into and rule as he wished. But a question remains: did he succeed? Enter Cotton Malone. After many months, Malone's protégé, Luke Daniels, has managed to infiltrate a renegade group intent on winning Bavarian independence from Germany. Daniels has also managed to gain the trust of the prince of Bavaria, a frustrated second son intent on eliminating his brother, the duke, and restoring the Wittelsbach monarchy, only now with him as king. Everything hinges on a 19th century deed which proves that Ludwig's long-rumored search bore fruit - legal title to lands that Germany, China, and the United States all now want, only for vastly different reasons. In a race across Bavaria for clues hidden in Ludwig's three fairytale castles - Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee - Malone and Daniels battle an ever-growing list of deadly adversaries, all intent on finding the last kingdom. Readers LOVE The Last Kingdom and the Cotton Malone series: 'My kind of thriller' Dan Brown 'Steve Berry has a great way of bringing history into the present and entwining it with a great story that keeps you turning the pages right until the last one' Reader review----- 'Berry raises this genre's stakes' The New York Times 'Steve Berry turns historical facts into thrillers set in today's world that will keep you going all night!' Reader review----- 'I love this guy' Lee Child 'Ahhhh! So good to have Cotton back! It's been too long!' Reader review----- 'As always with Steve Berry, you're educated about significant things while your knuckles are turning white and the pages are flying by' David Baldacci 'If you like fast paced action along with intriguing history, Steve Berry consistently delivers' Reader review-----

Steve Berry is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of nineteen Cotton Malone novels, five standalone thrillers, two Luke Daniels adventures, and several works of short fiction. He has more than twenty- six million books in print, translated into forty- one languages. With his wife, Elizabeth, he is the founder of History Matters, an organization dedicated to historical preservation. He serves as an emeritus member of the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board and was a founding member of International Thriller Writers, formerly serving as its copresident. For more information you can visit: SteveBerry.org Facebook.com/SteveBerryWriter