Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone Uncovers Germany’s Dark Secrets in “The Kaiser’s Web”

In this episode 186, we visit with New York Times Best-selling writer Steve Berry, author of “The Kaiser’s Web,” a Cotton Malone adventure in which a secret dossier from a World War II-era Soviet spy threatens to re-write history and forever alter the political landscape of Europe.

With a national election looming, these secrets of the past will determine who becomes the next Chancellor—a dedicated patriot or a usurper, stoking the flames of nationalistic hate. Cotton Malone must discover the truth about the past to guarantee the future.

John Land describes “The Kaisers Web as “his most ambitious yet, taking no prisoners in a nonstop roller coaster ride of thrills and spills, twists and turns, and shocks and surprises with nothing less than the very future at stake.”

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In addition to his twenty lauded novels, Berry and his wife are the co-founders of History Matters, a non-profit organization that raises money for the preservation and conservation of historic sites. To date, they have raised over $900,000 for such organizations as the James Thurber House, the Edgar Allan Poe house in Baltimore, and the Historic Kansas City Foundation.

Berry’s bestselling books have been translated into 40 languages with 25,000,000 copies in 51 countries. He was born and raised in Georgia, and was a trial lawyer for 30 years, holding elective office for 14 of those years. He is a founding member of International Thriller Writers.

Where did Cotton Malone Originate?

He was born in Copenhagen while Steve was sitting at a café in Højbro Plads, a popular Danish square. That’s why Cotton owns a bookshop there. Steve wanted a character with government ties and a background that would make Malone, if threatened, formidable. But he also wanted him to be human, with flaws. Since Steve also loves rare books, it was natural that Cotton would too, so Malone became a Justice Department operative, turned bookseller, who manages, from time to time, to find trouble. Steve also gave him an eidetic memory, since, well, who wouldn’t like one of those? At the same time, Cotton is clearly a man in conflict. His marriage has failed; he maintains a difficult relationship with his teenage son; and he’s lousy with women.

Click here to learn more about Steve Berry’s full body of work.

Learn more about History Matters, a foundation created by Steve Berry and his wife, Elizabeth, to assist communities around the world with historic restoration and preservation.

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