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The Under-Table Kingdom
Paperback
Publisher: Zeljko Kalinic
Published: May 25 2026
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
'The Under-Table Kingdom' is a haunting psychological thriller with a powerful message about identity, power, and the fragile boundary between reality and delusion.
Within the shimmering walls of a kingdom draped in silk and ancient grandeur, the royal court is shaken by an unthinkable crisis. The heir to the throne, a young prince destined for greatness, begins to unravel in a way no one can comprehend. Convinced with terrifying certainty that he is not human but a chicken, he abandons royal life entirely-rejecting language, dignity, and even clothing itself.
What begins as bewilderment soon spirals into horror. The King and Queen watch helplessly as their son transforms the most sacred spaces of the palace into scenes of unsettling chaos-most disturbingly during the royal feast, where the prince crawls beneath the table, scavenging like a creature lost to instinct. The court whispers. The dynasty trembles. And shame becomes a heavier burden than the crown itself.
Desperate to save their son and preserve the stability of the kingdom, the royal family summons the greatest minds in the realm-physicians, psychiatrists, and enigmatic scholars-each attempting to pierce the mystery of the prince's fractured mind. Yet every cure fails. Every theory collapses. And with each passing day, the line between delusion and truth grows thinner.
As hope fades and the kingdom edges toward psychological and political collapse, an enigmatic stranger arrives at the palace gates, claiming to possess the impossible: a cure.
Dark, unsettling, and deeply symbolic, 'The Under-Table Kingdom' explores the terrifying power of belief, the limits of control, and the question that haunts every generation: what happens when the mind rejects the identity it was given?
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