Kings in Adversity

Crown Prince Carlo of Rexania flees his crumbling kingdom in disguise, seeking refuge in America while revolution threatens everything his family has built. The last heir to a dying monarchy must navigate a strange new world where no one knows his name or his burden, where loyalists and conspirators alike hunt for him, and where the very concept of kingship feels like a relic of another age. Van Zile weaves a tale of political machinations, forbidden alliances, and a young man forced to question whether a crown defines the king, or whether the man beneath defines himself. The novel pulses with late-Victorian anxieties about progress, tradition, and the price of power, offering readers both a sweeping romance and a pointed meditation on what survives when empires fall.