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Mx Publishing Sherlock Holmes And The Sword Of Osman by Tim Symonds
It'S 1906. Far From England, The Ottoman Empire Ruled By The Despotic Sultan Abd-Ul-Hamid 11 Is On The Verge Of Imploding. Rival Great Powers, Especially Kaiser Wilhelm'S Germany, Sit Watching Like Crows On A Fence, Ready To Rush In To Carve Up The Vast Territories, Menacing England'S Vital Overland Routes To Her Indian Possessions. At His Medical Practice In London'S Marylebone Watson Receives A Mystifying Telegram. It'S From Holmes. 'Dear Watson, If You Can Throw Physic To The Dogs For An Hour Or Two I Would Appreciate Meeting At The Stone Cross At Charing Cross Railway Station Tomorrow Noon. I Have An Assignation With A Birdlover At The Stork & Ostrich House In The Regents Park Which Has Excited My Curiosity. Yrs. S.H.' Watson Finds The Invitation Puzzling. Why Should Such A Mundane Meeting At A Bird House Excite The Curiosity Of Europe'S Most Famous Investigating Detective Or Anyone Else? For Old Times' Sake Watson Joins His Old Comrade-In-Arms. Within Days Holmes And Watson Find Themselves Aboard Hms Dreadnought En Route To Stamboul, A City Of Fabled Opulence, High Espionage And Low Intrigue. Their Mission: At All Costs Stop A Plot Which Could Bring About The Immediate Collapse Of The Ottoman Empire.