Max Hertzberg – stories from the edge of utopia

The brilliance ofStealing The Future lies in its honest portrayal of the struggle to keep alive the dream of freedom, justice and equality.
New Internationalist
Covers of the books in the East Berlin Series
The East Berlin Series: what if the Berlin Wall never fell? Set in a transitional, co-operative, counter-factual GDR
Stasi Vice – straightforward GDR crime from 1983
Cover of Cold Island
Cold Island – a Brexit dystopia
Available November 2018


Books by Max Hertzberg

GDR symbol
Read features on Max’s books and the GDR

Amiga record label
Listen to contemporary GDR Music

East Berlin tenement
Take a tour of 1990s East Berlin