Kings & Canvas — Neil Kleid

Years ago, a boxing champion named Mammoth was exiled and imprisoned. Now, a decade later, he punches his way out of prison, ready to return to the family, title and country he’ d left behind. It’s a land in which man, beast, dragon and champion stride a battlefield and either raise gloves in triumph… or taste canvas in defeat. Journeying across this changed America, Mammoth must train a grassroots army of pirate champions, irritable sea dwarves and talking, boxing polar bears to dethrone an unjust king and the evil councilor who’ d exiled him years before. An original boxing fantasy tale, Kings & Canvas explores the lengths a man will go to find purpose after life, liberty and career have passed him by. Simply described as “Game of Thrones meets Rocky Balboa” (but with sea dwarves, pirate referees and talking, boxing dragons), Kings and Canvas is a tale of dynasties, boxing, family and revenge...in a new world where honor is gained not by using guns or swords, but rather fists, wits and the courage to change.