First published 1987. A sequel to H. Rider Haggard's SHE, as though written by Leo Vincey.
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THE GREAT DETECTIVE AT THE CRUCIBLE OF LIFE (all booksellers)
and
ALLAN QUATERMAIN AT THE DAWN OF TIME (from Amazon and at the Lulu.com bookstore)
Praise for THE GREAT DETECTIVE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD:
"A delightful story!"—Rozonda (Goodreads)
"Very well written, it explores new territory in the fascinating life of this larger than life character."—R. Bennett (Amazon)
"I urge anyone who's reading this review to go and get this book."—Daniel Baldridge (Amazon)
"[E]njoyable and interesting . . . . I found Millers' knowledge of Tibet and Buddhism fascinating . . . . [H]e writes a fine story, in what is quite obviously a labor of love. A must book to obtain."—SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Great Detective in Paperback
"[T]he solving of the crime by Holmes-Sigerson was true Canon indeed. A pleasure!"—John Bennett Shaw, Holmes authority.
This story's conceit is that it is the true first sequel to Horace Holly's "She," which was published in 1887 under the byline of Holly's agent, H. Rider Haggard. The only heretofore known sequel, "Ayesha: The Return of She," records events that occurred two decades after "She." This new tale, then, is a record of the events that took place BETWEEN the previously published adventures.
This is one of the rare stories to come to light involving "Sigerson," the name the Great Detective went by during the years when the world thought he was dead—his Great Hiatus! This short novel is a pastiche and sequel of H. Rider Haggard's SHE as well as a Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Its narrator is Leo Vincey, one of the main characters in SHE, and the entire story is told from his point of view. He never has the slightest idea that "Sigerson" is Sherlock Holmes. Obviously Dr. Watson is NOT in Tibet with Holmes. But the story MUST to be told from somebody's point of view. Thus, one of the objectives of the book is to introduce a very stressed-out NARRATOR who encounters an enigmatic man and then feels compelled to write about the incident because of his perception that the results of their adventure would be world-shattering if made generally known. Therefore Sherlock Holmes, his character, his foibles, his speech, his powers, and everything else about him is FILTERED through a totally DIFFERENT set of sensibilities. Naturally this book's description of Holmes must obviously be DIFFERENT from Watson's familiar descriptions--yet recognizable nonetheless--because Leo Vincey is NOT Dr. Watson!
The sounds of running and men crying out came closer. Suddenly Sigerson's door burst open and an army of yellow- and maroon-clad police monks fell upon us, dragging us out into the street without so much as a word of explanation, through the mud and dung and then east across the Bridge of the Pleiades and on to the Jo-Kang, the Tibetan cathedral, the holy of holies of all Buddhist Asia!
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