“This story has great richness of voice and will take you on a fascinating journey. It is both an adventure and a colourful experience.” —Calvert Markham, Treasurer of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London
It's 1893. King Kamehameha III of Hawaii declares Sovereignty Restoration Day… Tension grows between China and Japan over Korea… The Bengal Famine worsens… A brilliant scientist in Calcutta challenges the system… The senior priest at Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji temple is found dead in mysterious circumstances.
Dr. John H. Watson receives a strange letter from Yokohama. Then the quiet, distinguished Mr. Hashimoto is murdered inside a closed room on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay. In the opium dens of Shanghai and in the back alleys of Tokyo, sinister men hatch evil plots. Professor Moriarty stalks the world, drawing up a map for worldwide dominion.
Only one man can outwit the diabolical Professor Moriarty. Only one man can save the world. Has Sherlock Holmes survived the Reichenbach Falls?
