The Tunnels

<p><strong>Read the incredible true story of the daring escapes from East Berlin.</strong><br /><br /> <strong>'A story with so much inherent drama.' The Guardian</strong><br /><br /> <strong>'One of the great untold stories of the Cold War.' Alex Kershaw, author of Avenue of Spies</strong> <br /><strong>_______________</strong><br /><br /> In the summer of 1962, the year after the construction of the Berlin Wall, a group of young West Germans risked prison, Stasi torture and even death to liberate friends, lovers, and strangers in East Berlin by digging tunnels under the Wall.<br /><br /> As Greg Mitchell's riveting narrative unfolds we meet a host of extraordinary characters who demonstrate astonishing courage in the face of adversity: the legendary cyclist who became East Berlin's most wanted man; the tunneller who had already served four years in the East German gulag; the young East Berliner who escapes with her baby, then marries one of the tunnellers; an engineer who would later help build the tunnel under the English Channel; and the Stasi informer who betrays them all.<br /><br />Capturing the spirit of a divided Berlin and celebrating the subversive power of ordinary people in desperate circumstances, <em>The Tunnels</em> is an exhilarating real-life thriller with themes that reverberate today.<br /> <strong>_________________</strong><br /><br /> <strong>'A stark reminder that barriers can never cut people off entirely but only succeed in driving them underground.' New York Times</strong></p>