FLUSHING, N.Y., January 23, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- "Graustarkia" by Kevin Kaczmar (now available through 1stBooks Library) is a revival of the sub-species of literature that flourished at the end of the nineteenth Century and is variously known as the Ruritanian or Graustarkian romance.
Kaczmar follows similar suit with his version.
A plot is afoot in the tiny Central European principality of Graustark -- a plot which, in this year of 1898, will destroy Graustark's independence and deliver the land and its people into the hands of the Prussians.
Only the young Englishman, Hugh Summerhayes, his friend Micah Blake, and the exasperating American cowgirl, Connie Rivers, can save Graustarkia and its prince from disaster.
A rousing yarn in the tradition of Robert Louis Stevenson and Anthony Hope, "Graustarkia" has all the elements of the classic Ruritanian romance: a throne in peril, a beautiful princess, castles, escapes, intrigue and flashing blades.
It's sure to please the legions of readers who remember "The Prisoner of Zenda" with fondness and delight, and any who wish to bring back to life a faded genre.
Kevin Kaczmar has always enjoyed reading the high-spirited adventure tales of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Having decided to write the kind of novel that he likes to read, he has sought to infuse into "Graustarkia" an old-fashioned style and sensibility, and plans to write additional volumes in the chronicles of Graustarkia.
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