What if Europe’s monarchs never truly vanished—only waited for their chance to return?
Dr. Peter Schneider is a Boston cardiologist, a man of science who saves lives, not a leader who rules them. But when he arrives in Berlin, he is swept into a conspiracy centuries in the making. In hidden councils, the heirs of Europe’s royal dynasties—the Habsburgs, the Hohenzollerns, the Saxons, and more—have chosen him to become the face of their boldest ambition: a United States of Europe ruled not by democracy, but by crowns.
Peter is unprepared for the weight of destiny. But someone else is ready.
Adam Bergman, Mossad operative and grandson of a Jewish poet who defied the Nazis, has lived his life in the shadows. For Adam, history is not theory—it is blood, memory, and warning. Where others see Peter as Europe’s savior, Adam sees him as a pawn in a ruthless design that could strangle freedom forever.
As assassins strike, loyalties fracture, and secrets surface from the Vatican to Vienna, Peter and Adam are hurled into a collision course that will decide whether Europe’s future belongs to democracy—or to empire reborn.
By Royal Design launches the explosive thriller saga that continues in By Papal Decree and By Her Majesty’s Command, with an all-new volume already in the making.
And at the helm is Norbert E. Reich—a master storyteller whose vision blends the sweep of history with the pulse of today’s headlines. With meticulous research, razor-sharp suspense, and characters who linger long after the final page, Reich delivers a series as intelligent as it is irresistible.
Because history never dies. It waits. And now—it wears a crown.
NORBERT E. REICH is a retired diagnostic radiologist and author of the novel By RoyalDesign and By Papal Decree now launching his Third Book By Her Majesty's Command.He lives with his wife and currently resides in Miami Beach, Florida.
