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"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...
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What was Sherlock Holmes doing between his reported death in 1891 at Reichenbach Falls and his reappearance in 1894? In this adventure, Holmes and Watson travel from the Sahara to the ancient city of Timbuktu and beyond to discover the secrets of an ancient parchment that contains a great and terrifying secret.