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Holmes Behind The Veil #1
Sherlock Holmes on the roof of the world, or, The adventure of the wayfaring God
Holmes in Tibet -- Framed for Murder! You are holding one of the rare stories to come to light involving "Sigerson," the name Sherlock Holmes went by during the years when the world thought he was dead -- his Great Hiatus! This story also has the distinction of being 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. "[E]njoyable and interesting...I found Miller's knowledge of Tibet and Buddhism fascinating...[He] writes a fine story, in what is quite obviously a labor of love. A must book to obtain." -- Gary Lovisi
- GenresMystery
75 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1988
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About the author
Thos. Kent Miller
16 books3 followersI've authored three H. Rider Haggard/Great Detective pastiches. I am a member of The Friends of Arthur Machen and The Rider Haggard Society. I have written for The Weird Tales Collector, The Ghosts & Scholars M. R. James Newsletter, Faunus: The Journal of the Friends of Arthur Machen, Wormwood, Borgo Press, and Wildside Press.
My hands down most passionate interests are Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories, 19th-century Hudson River School landscape paintings, home theater and multichannel music (I could listen to "Enter Sandman" by Metallica on my 8.4 system at top volume all day long without let up), Godzilla, and 1950s science-fiction movies.
My novels are The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Wildside Press) and The Great Detective on the Roof of the World (Wildside Press, Kindle) [also published as Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World]. The first is a pastiche of Rider Haggard's SHE and the second features Haggard's Allan Quatermain.
The third book in the series is now available at Lulu.com--ALLAN QUATERMAIN AT THE DAWN OF TIME. Genre fiction authority Gary Lovisi, author The Great Detective in Paperback and Pastiche and The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, says: "This is a pretty incredible book . . . truly stunning, a massive undertaking . . . . I think it is a special book, very well done, not so much for general readers, but Holmes/Quatermain and all readers who like anything in that area will simply adore the book."
My hands down most passionate interests are Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories, 19th-century Hudson River School landscape paintings, home theater and multichannel music (I could listen to "Enter Sandman" by Metallica on my 8.4 system at top volume all day long without let up), Godzilla, and 1950s science-fiction movies.
My novels are The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Wildside Press) and The Great Detective on the Roof of the World (Wildside Press, Kindle) [also published as Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World]. The first is a pastiche of Rider Haggard's SHE and the second features Haggard's Allan Quatermain.
The third book in the series is now available at Lulu.com--ALLAN QUATERMAIN AT THE DAWN OF TIME. Genre fiction authority Gary Lovisi, author The Great Detective in Paperback and Pastiche and The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, says: "This is a pretty incredible book . . . truly stunning, a massive undertaking . . . . I think it is a special book, very well done, not so much for general readers, but Holmes/Quatermain and all readers who like anything in that area will simply adore the book."
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August 4, 2017
The Great Detective on the Roof of the World takes place in Tibet during Holmes’ “Great Hiatus.” Sherlock Holmes meets H. Horace Holly and Leo Vincey, associates of Allan Quatermain, between their adventures in H. Rider Haggard's SHE and AYESHA. A man has been murdered, and Sigerson, Holmes in his Norweigan disguise is suspected of the murder! The murder takes place in the library of a Tibetian monastery. It concerns the discovery of the writings of one Issa, a traveler in Tibet, who just might be Jesus of Nazareth…
Were the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John NOT accounts of the disciples, but written much later and copied from another source? Have the writings of the Gnostic Gospels of Gaspar (one of the wise men) and Mirium (possibly Mary Magdalene) reflected the truth of Jesus Christ? Did Jesus actually survive the cross and marry Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus, and make a pilgrimage to the East, studying for a time in the monasteries of Tibet? Do the people who claim direct descendence from Jesus really have a valid claim? Did the lineage of Jesus Christ actually settle into the Roof of the World?
These questions and more are on the minds of our intrepid threesome, and perhaps they can settle this once and for all!
For Thomas Kent Miller, this book has been a labor of love. Tom is a deep thinker, which is reflected in his prose. He is never boring, the prose is full of action, and you just might learn something and be better for it! Bravo, Tom!
Quoth the Raven...
Were the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John NOT accounts of the disciples, but written much later and copied from another source? Have the writings of the Gnostic Gospels of Gaspar (one of the wise men) and Mirium (possibly Mary Magdalene) reflected the truth of Jesus Christ? Did Jesus actually survive the cross and marry Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus, and make a pilgrimage to the East, studying for a time in the monasteries of Tibet? Do the people who claim direct descendence from Jesus really have a valid claim? Did the lineage of Jesus Christ actually settle into the Roof of the World?
These questions and more are on the minds of our intrepid threesome, and perhaps they can settle this once and for all!
For Thomas Kent Miller, this book has been a labor of love. Tom is a deep thinker, which is reflected in his prose. He is never boring, the prose is full of action, and you just might learn something and be better for it! Bravo, Tom!
Quoth the Raven...
November 7, 2017
This book, despite having ingredients of a mystery novel, turned out to be rather an unusual one, which ended with more questions than answers.
And, while it contained several stories within it, all of which were delightful & intriguing, its main emphasis was on serendipity.
Let me explain.
In this book, we have,
1. Protagonists of the famous novel "She", penned by H. Rider Haggard, desperately searching for hints, in Tibetan capital of Lhasa, that might reveal the location where they can find Ayesha.
2. A Norwegian named Sigerson, who is also doing something in Lhasa, where he as wll as the other two intrepid explorers are framed for theft & murder, and obviously Sigerson solves the mysteries, before all can have lunch.
3. A manuscript, which, if properly read and interpreted, can shake the foundations of Western Civilization and Christian beliefs.
4. The entire manuscript being carried to the purported author, in a pack of knick-knacks, from Nepal.
But, no matter how entertaining, or thought-provoking each of these chronicles were, at the end of the book you are left with only one question: What would have happened, if the entirely fortutous meetings, incidents, and miscarriage (I use the word rigorously, to indicate unintended transmission) hadn't taken place?
Perhaps, that's why they say, God works in mysterious ways.
In the meanwhile, story or non-story, it's absolutely delicious read.
Recommended.
And, while it contained several stories within it, all of which were delightful & intriguing, its main emphasis was on serendipity.
Let me explain.
In this book, we have,
1. Protagonists of the famous novel "She", penned by H. Rider Haggard, desperately searching for hints, in Tibetan capital of Lhasa, that might reveal the location where they can find Ayesha.
2. A Norwegian named Sigerson, who is also doing something in Lhasa, where he as wll as the other two intrepid explorers are framed for theft & murder, and obviously Sigerson solves the mysteries, before all can have lunch.
3. A manuscript, which, if properly read and interpreted, can shake the foundations of Western Civilization and Christian beliefs.
4. The entire manuscript being carried to the purported author, in a pack of knick-knacks, from Nepal.
But, no matter how entertaining, or thought-provoking each of these chronicles were, at the end of the book you are left with only one question: What would have happened, if the entirely fortutous meetings, incidents, and miscarriage (I use the word rigorously, to indicate unintended transmission) hadn't taken place?
Perhaps, that's why they say, God works in mysterious ways.
In the meanwhile, story or non-story, it's absolutely delicious read.
Recommended.
August 20, 2017
Having previously read Mr. Miller's novel "The Great Detective and the Crucible of Life" and finding it immensely enjoyable, it was inevitable that I would purchase and read his, as yet, only other published Sherlock Holmes book "The Great Detective on the Roof of the World." I admit that I was taken aback at the brevity of the work (104 pages) and felt it be more akin to a short story than a novel, but not short of amazed at Mr. Miller's fertile imagination in creating a scenario where Sherlock Holmes meets H. Horace Holly and Leo Vincey between the latter's adventures in H. Rider Haggard's SHE and AYESHA and where all three are involved in an exciting murder mystery in a Tibetan library. The most interesting thing about ROOF OF THE WORLD is the discovery by Holmes, Leo and Holly of a journal written by one Issa (you'd know him better as Jesus Christ) who supposedly spent some time at said library in almost a century earlier. I won't go into any more detail about this, only urge anyone who's reading this review to go and get this book, if you haven't already. As for those certain Christians who are irate at such an idea being offered, let me just end by quoting from John 21:25(RSV): "But there are many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written."
August 4, 2017
iew The Great Detective on the Roof of the World takes place in Tibet during Holmes’ “Great Hiatus.” Sherlock Holmes meets H. Horace Holly and Leo Vincey, associates of Allan Quatermain, between their adventures in H. Rider Haggard's SHE and AYESHA. A man has been murdered, and Sigerson, Holmes in his Norweigan disguise is suspected of the murder! The murder takes place in the library of a Tibetian monastery. It concerns the discovery of the writings of one Issa, a traveler in Tibet, who just might be Jesus of Nazareth…
Were the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John NOT accounts of the disciples, but written much later and copied from another source? Have the writings of the Gnostic Gospels of Gaspar (one of the wise men) and Mirium (possibly Mary Magdalene) reflected the truth of Jesus Christ? Did Jesus actually survive the cross and marry Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus, and make a pilgrimage to the East, studying for a time in the monasteries of Tibet? Do the people who claim direct descendence from Jesus really have a valid claim? Did the lineage of Jesus Christ actually settle into the Roof of the World?
These questions and more are on the minds of our intrepid threesome, and perhaps they can settle this once and for all!
For Thomas Kent Miller, this book has been a labor of love. Tom is a deep thinker, which is reflected in his prose. He is never boring, the prose is full of action, and you just might learn something and be better for it! Bravo, Tom!
Quoth the Raven...
Were the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John NOT accounts of the disciples, but written much later and copied from another source? Have the writings of the Gnostic Gospels of Gaspar (one of the wise men) and Mirium (possibly Mary Magdalene) reflected the truth of Jesus Christ? Did Jesus actually survive the cross and marry Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus, and make a pilgrimage to the East, studying for a time in the monasteries of Tibet? Do the people who claim direct descendence from Jesus really have a valid claim? Did the lineage of Jesus Christ actually settle into the Roof of the World?
These questions and more are on the minds of our intrepid threesome, and perhaps they can settle this once and for all!
For Thomas Kent Miller, this book has been a labor of love. Tom is a deep thinker, which is reflected in his prose. He is never boring, the prose is full of action, and you just might learn something and be better for it! Bravo, Tom!
Quoth the Raven...
July 2, 2020
I did enjoy this trilogy more than I feared I would; I've read too many bad pastiches, and to be honest I'm not that fond of Doyle's prose. I steamed through this trilogy. The "notes within letters within diaries within..." trope was carried to the point of breaking, without actually falling apart. It felt to me that putting that puzzle together was part of the fun for the author... Just as writing the trilogy must have been fun, as the fun in writing it for me translated into pleasure in reading! I liked them enough though to also order the hard copy for a later rereading, so let that speak for itself!
October 3, 2017
After dispatching Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes disappeared, spending two years traveling in Tibet. Thomas Kent Miller's "Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World" is the first in a series filling in those missing years in the great detective's life. This is a quick and very enjoyable read. In the book, we find Holmes under the guise of Sigerson, a Norwegian explorer, meeting up with Horace Holly and Leo Vincey from H. Rider Haggard's novel "She" in a protected Buddhist library. From there, our three characters are the focal point of a fast paced mystery. Because Dr. Watson was not around during this point in Holmes' life, this story is narrated by Leo Vincey, and the narration style is more in the way of Haggard's adventures than Doyle's mysteries. This book was a delight to read, and if you are a Holmes fan, H. Rider Haggard adventure fan, or just a fan of a well told tale, you should give "Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World" a shot.
September 21, 2009
An intersting little book that details Holmes's time in Tibet while missing on duty. a chance encounter with Leo Vincey and Horace Holly leads to an accusation of murder and a revelation that shakes their faith
September 19, 2024
This book takes place after the Reichenbach Falls disappearance of Holmes.
Sherlock is in Lhasa Tibet an meets some other westerners. A mystery follows and an audience with the then Dalai Lama.
A short book with no fat on it. Also a curve ball ending.
Great read.
Sherlock is in Lhasa Tibet an meets some other westerners. A mystery follows and an audience with the then Dalai Lama.
A short book with no fat on it. Also a curve ball ending.
Great read.
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