About the Book
Not his country. Not his king. Not his war.
When twenty-year-old Hessian farmer Jakob Zeuch is conscripted into the forces hired to fight for King George III, his quiet life in the village of Niederdünzebach disappears overnight. Torn from his family, stripped of his identity, and thrust into the rigid world of the Erbprinz Fusilier Regiment, Jakob must march across continents and an ocean toward a conflict he barely understands.
From the brutal training grounds of Hesse-Kassel to the misty shores of Staten Island and the tense forests of New York, Jakob faces battles far more personal than those he fights with musket and bayonet. As he witnesses the desperation, courage, and conviction of the American rebels—men fighting for their homes and freedom—he is forced to confront unsettling questions about loyalty, faith, and the true cost of obedience.
In a land that is not his own and a war he never chose, Jakob must discover who he is, what he believes, and what it means to be a neighbor, a soldier, and a man.
About the Book
Not his country. Not his king. Not his war.
When twenty-year-old Hessian farmer Jakob Zeuch is conscripted into the forces hired to fight for King George III, his quiet life in the village of Niederdünzebach disappears overnight. Torn from his family, stripped of his identity, and thrust into the rigid world of the Erbprinz Fusilier Regiment, Jakob must march across continents and an ocean toward a conflict he barely understands.
From the brutal training grounds of Hesse-Kassel to the misty shores of Staten Island and the tense forests of New York, Jakob faces battles far more personal than those he fights with musket and bayonet. As he witnesses the desperation, courage, and conviction of the American rebels—men fighting for their homes and freedom—he is forced to confront unsettling questions about loyalty, faith, and the true cost of obedience.
In a land that is not his own and a war he never chose, Jakob must discover who he is, what he believes, and what it means to be a neighbor, a soldier, and a man.