Kral

He doesn't want this woman, but he can't leave her behind. She wouldn't survive the night. Fate brings together two very different people in the isolation of an abandoned mountain valley: Jak, the seventy-year-old hermit who wants to end his life, and Maria, the severely injured young woman on the run. The circumstances force them into an impossible relationship. Maria seeks Jak's attention, wanting to unravel the mystery that surrounds him. Jak futilely resists and feels his shameful past being exposed. Gradually, he becomes entangled in a web of desire and guilt.

"Future novels are not my thing, but Kral by David Weber has converted me, and I am thrilled. The way Switzerland could be in the near future is haunting and shakes the worldview! A coincidence forces Jak and Maria into a difficult relationship with no hope for a shared future – and yet the reader is ultimately 'comforted'."
Susanne Giger, bookseller.