The Wild Boars of Zellberg

By R. Mingo Sweeney

Two rival dynasties. One buried secret. A friendship that will decide the fate of a kingdom.

On the eve of a royal wedding, a disgraced nobleman's desperate bid to reclaim his family's stolen crown sets in motion a betrayal that will bind two houses - the royal line of Renesbourg and the disinherited house of Zellberg - in a secret neither will ever fully know. Twenty years later, King Jean of Renesbourg and his closest friend, Baron Erich von Zellberg, are inseparable - until a jealous regent tries to tear them apart, and Erich answers with an armoured train, a company of loyal cavalry, and a coup that will make him a duke.

Spanning two world wars and two generations, The Wild Boars of Zellberg follows Erich as he builds a fortune, a family, and a sovereign duchy carved from a mountain kingdom - travelling from a rented palace in Venice to an audience with Hitler himself, all to shield his son's inheritance from the century's gathering storm. When the war's end threatens to unravel everything he has built, Erich makes one final gamble: sheltering a band of Cossack refugees fleeing certain death, and staking his own life to secure his son's throne.

A sweeping epic of loyalty, sacrifice, and the enduring claims of blood and honour, The Wild Boars of Zellberg is a novel about what a father will do - and what a man will give - to leave his son a kingdom worth inheriting.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1662957289
• ISBN13: 9781662957284
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"