Magdalena Parys' 'Der Prinz' – Dystopian Thriller Set in Berlin

Magdalena Parys' novel 'Der Prinz' is the second installment of her 'Berliner Trilogie'. The story features a dead priest hanging from a cross in Berlin Cathedral, while the police president's trousers are found in a brothel. Paramilitary units plan guerrilla actions, a migrant quarter burns, and a minister's wife is kidnapped. Germany's second chancellor hesitates to call a secret emergency number as a bomb ticks under her residence. Journalist Bosch and Commissioner Kowalski return from the previous novel 'Der Magier'. The titular Prince fuels resurgent nationalism and the dream of an Imperium Germanicum. Parys employs Viking-era torture techniques and a dystopian narrative that serves as a warning. The book was listed among the best crime novels of June 2026.