An East Wind: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

In the time of England’s greatest need, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr John H. Watson stand ready. A great and awful war is brewing in the East, and foreign agents will do everything in their power to see England brought to its knees. Only the swift actions of Sherlock Holmes can prevent the empire’s secrets from being sold to its enemies, thereby dooming thousands of brave young men to terrible deaths upon the fields of Flanders and in the frigid waters of the North Sea. All five adventures are told by Dr Watson in the finest tradition and spirit of such classics as ‘The Adventure of the Naval Treaty.’ THE ADVENTURE OF THE THIRD TRAITOR. October, 1894. Moments after the conclusion of ‘The Adventure of the Second Stain,’ the game is afoot for Sherlock Holmes. For there is a spy in the office of the Secretary for European Affairs. But even the best efforts of Mycroft Holmes have been unable to determine who is leaking England’s secrets to its enemies. Holmes must take a drastic step to identify this traitor, where one wrong step will worsen the international situation. Will he be able to turn the tables on the foreign agents? *** THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNFATHOMABLE SILENCE. June, 1909. Sherlock Holmes is retired to the Sussex Downs, but Mycroft recruits Dr Watson to bring him back to the field. For one of the Bruce-Partington submarines has gone missing. The only witnesses claim that a terrible sea serpent is to blame. But Holmes suspects something far more terrible is afoot. A trip to Portsmouth Harbour reveals a new weapon has been brought to bear against England… one that will change the face of warfare forever. *** THE HIGH MOUNTAIN. August, 1914. The world has long known the story of how Sherlock Holmes defeated the German spy Von Bork and obtained the secrets of his safe. But now, for the first time, we learn the remarkable details of how Holmes gained the spy-master’s trust. By journeying to distant Chicago and Buffalo, Holmes sheds his old skin and takes on the personae of the Irish-American informant Carlus Altamont. In so doing, he rolls up the entire German spy network and brings himself face-to-face with Von Bork himself on the eve of a terrible day. *** THE ADVENTURE OF THE DEFENCELSS PRISONER. March, 1915. Von Bork’s network was not the last of the German spies and Sherlock Holmes is tasked with rooting them out. When a woman is killed by a British Officer, at first it appears to be a simple act of passion. But the officer knows the plans for a mighty Allied offensive on the Western Front. Is there much more is at stake than the lives of two people? *** THEIR FINAL FLOURISH. September, 1915. War had come to the heavens, for the night sky over London is no longer safe, as Von Zeppelin’s creations rain destruction down upon its streets. But in the aftermath of one bombing, Sherlock Holmes notes an anomaly. The ancient Stone of Brutus has vanished, and with its protection gone, an ancient prophecy may unfold. Only Holmes can recover the stone, and safeguard London from all such threats, both present and future. *** This edition contains fully annotated tales containing a cornucopia of scholarly insights which compare these newly unearthed tales by Dr. John H. Watson to the classic adventures from the canon of Sherlock Holmes.