Gerald Schmidt

Alternate 1573 Poland-Lithuania, King Sigismund II falls under spell of alchemist Heinrich von Paracelsus, draining treasury and issuing worthless „transmuted” coin. Only Royal Treasurer Chryzostom Tarnowski — haunted by his own youthful ruin by the same Basel fraudster — recognizes the con. With his gambler son, & Sigismund III the Catholic prince-heir, & Cardinal Radziwiłł, he races to expose the...

Vivid historical novel giving Mieszko I’s conversion to Christianity to secure Poland against Saxon and imperial threats. Blends 10th-C politics, faith struggles, & supernatural tension. follows Mieszko’s shift from paganism, Dobrawa’s gentle evangelization, and shaman’s tragic resistance — led by demon Veles — across four parts: alliance & baptism, early conflicts & battles (Mt. Ślęża, Cedynia), transformation,...

Prussian Ptn, peddler lures peasant girl into sex act — leaving her pregnant. Son Val enters world of secrets & terror as fr falls deeper, joining coven. Demon-possessed, he unleashes horror: desecrations, murders, & kidnapping of his own son. Supernatural forces grip area & panic spreads. Will exorcism drive out evil? Chilling tale races toward shocking courtroom climax & tragic execution. Blend of historical...

1848 Poland. People forage for food, orphan Val Karnowski is adopted by Henry Flis. Despite wife’s objections, Henry insists Val attend school to nurture gifts. only option: State school hostile to Poles. follow Val’s first grammar-school year: bullies, tattle-tales, in/out crowds, jealous peers & teachers, favoritism for Prussians, bias toward others. Interwoven: Bismarck’s 3 am demonic visits urging...

Survival is daily struggle; intelligence, a dangerous gift. Under harsh Prussian rule, peasants forage food. Brilliant orphan Val Karnowski is taken in by kind man who insists on his education — wife resists. His school’s goal is to erase Polish identity. Val faces jealous teachers, bullies, German favoritism. In dark visions of history’s tyrants, Satan urges Bismarck to crush Poles & Jews. Rich historical...