The most dangerous confession is the one that makes you sympathise with a monster. When Sherlock Holmes defeats Professor James Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, he believes the “Napoleon of Crime” is finished. Then, in the pocket of a discarded coat, he finds the Professor’s private journal, and everything he thought he knew begins to unravel. In that moment, this Sherlock Holmes mystery truly begins. Holmes opens not a memoir but a manifesto. In its pages lies the answer to the question that has haunted readers of Sherlock Holmes stories: why would a calculating mind like Moriarty’s, knowing Holmes is a formidable fighter, choose close-quarters combat above a chasm? The journal traces a prodigy’s transformation into the spider at the centre of the web, revealing the intellect and discipline with which he bent the city to his will. Fog-shrouded streets, discreet clubs, and the back alleys of Victorian London become the arena of a mind that treats crime as higher mathematics. Faithful to Doyle’s canon yet boldly original, MORIARTY is Victorian noir: atmospheric, immersive, and psychologically razor-sharp, a classic mystery novel told from the other side of the chessboard. This first volume of Moriarty Saga delivers a complete, standalone story while setting the stage for a greater reckoning to come. For readers of Sherlock Holmes novels, British mystery fiction, and murder mystery books for adults who have always wondered what the game looks like from behind the Professor’s eyes. Enter his mind, if you dare. You may not wish to leave.