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Informium: Tödliches Experiment

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Mitten in der ägyptischen Wüste stößt das Ausgrabungsteam um Peter Conrad auf ein riesiges Gräberfeld. Schnell wird den Archäologen klar, dass hier einiges nicht zusammenpasst. Die Mumien lassen sich nicht datieren und zeigen Anzeichen von schweren Erbkrankheiten. Und auch die religiösen Inschriften, mit denen der Fundort übersät ist, geben Rätsel auf. Während Ägyptologin Lisa Franks Hinweise entdeckt, dass bereits die Nazis hier unter höchster Geheimhaltung gegraben haben, wird ein Mitarbeiter des Teams erstochen aufgefunden.

Zur gleichen Zeit wird Ost-Berlin von einer Mordserie erschüttert, die den Volkspolizei-Hauptmann Josef Keller mit einer Verschwörung konfrontiert, deren Ursprung in Zeiten des Dritten Reiches liegt und anscheinend mit den Ereignissen in Ägypten in Zusammenhang steht.

Nach einem Überfall auf das Grabungshaus können Peter und Lisa aus Ägypten fliehen. Doch das ist erst der Anfang einer tödlichen Jagd nach einer Geheimgesellschaft im geteilten Berlin.

450 pages, Paperback

First published September 5, 2015

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Barry Stiller

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Barry Stiller holds a degree in Electrical Engeneering and, after working in RTL Television's production department for several years, he became editor for a number of popular IT magazines in Munich. Later, he changed his line of work and wrote as managing editor for a major music journal.

In the early 2000s he took up studies of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archeology in Cologne. Since 2003 Barry Stiller has been devoting his time to writing and painting.

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Author 55 books766 followers
April 4, 2018
Informium is a complex thriller set in Egypt and East Germany. When strange skeletons are found at an excavation site in Egypt, two researchers get embroiled in an international conspiracy that dates back to the Nazi era.
I really enjoyed the descriptions of the archeological digs, research into the past, and the details provided about East Germany before the fall of the wall.
The plot is quite complex and there are lots of red herrings to throw the reader off track. Because there are many unexpected plot twists, there were a few moments when I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on. However, by the end everything became crystal clear.
Readers interested in World War Two thrillers and Nazi conspiracies will enjoy this novel.
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August 30, 2018
After I have read „Die Ersten“ (in German), a story that ends with Peter’s and Lisa’s return from East to West Berlin, I had to read „Informium“ sooner or later. By now „Informium“ is my third thriller written by Barry and Dana Stiller. Therefore, I wasn’t too concerned by the different plot lines. I knew, it would all make sense in the end.
In fact, the story jumps between Egypt and Berlin, from East to West, from 1939 to 1988. Reading it is a thrill and unsual provided that – to me - 1988 still feels contemporary and again already historic. However, the authors don’t bank on funny effects with loud gimmicks, but rather make use of the uniqueness of the divided Berlin as a center of their plot. The fact, that the events of 1939 taking place in the egyption desert are even more related to a series of murder 1988 in East Berlin, comes as a real shock. Especially knowing that the authors themselves have studied archeology. They know what they are writing about, which is fun reading and gives the whole story an even more authentic feeling.
Certainly, „Informium“ is nothing but a novel. Yet the basic idea contains a germ of truth. I don’t want to say more. But I can promise this much: the book is packed with suspense up to the very last horrid end.
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January 18, 2019
Endlich mal ein Archäologiethriller, der eindeutig von Kennern der Materie geschrieben wurde. Hinzu kommt noch die Spannung zwischen Ost- und Westberlin kurz vor der Wende, außerdem die Beschäftigung mit der unrühmlichsten Zeit der deutschen Geschichte. Mehr soll hier nicht verraten werden, nur soviel: Ein empfehlenswertes Buch! Kleiner Tipp: Es gibt noch weitere Bücher aus der Reihe.
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