The Coffee Chronicles

The Novels

By Sunjae Sharmah

A historical-fiction series. Five centuries of coffee. One extraordinary journey.

Georg Franz Kolschitzky book cover
The Coffee Chronicles · Book I

Georg Franz Kolschitzky

Sunjae Sharmah

Vienna, 1683

His legend was forged in war — and poured into Vienna's first coffee cup. A ruined trader becomes a besieged city's last hope, and leaves behind a legacy Vienna still tells today.

Paperback & Kindle Available Now
Book II · Coming Next

The Coffee Sniffers

First draft complete. Cover and publication date to follow.

Georg Franz Kolschitzky is the beginning of a larger literary journey through the history of coffee. Conceived as a long-form historical-fiction project, the Coffee Chronicles will explore the people, places, conflicts, and cultures surrounding coffee across centuries. Book I, Georg Franz Kolschitzky, is published and available now; Book II, The Coffee Sniffers, already has a completed first draft. The Coffee Chronicles is open-ended by design — more will be written, and named, as the series continues to unfold.

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