The Blooded Coin-two Sherlock Holmes mysteries in one! Foreword by David Marcum, one of the leading voices in modern Sherlock Holmes literature and pastiche fiction. Christopher D. Abbott -- The Leopold Ledgers 1884: A prince's death sparks whispers of scandal as Holmes uncovers deceptions lurking at the heart of Britain's ruling class. But the deeper he digs, the more elusive justice becomes. Aaron Rosenberg -- The Unbalanced Scales 1904: A convicted man dies, leaving behind a cryptic clue-a single gold sovereign. The coin leads Holmes into a buried conspiracy, where fortune and betrayal are intertwined. Some mysteries refuse to be forgotten.

Piracy, mystery, and adventure await a pair of? brothers?Sundra Aruvar is a prince, young and pampered-until he kills the wrong man in a duel. Now he's hiding his status and fleeing for his life.Ruhi Naidu is a merchant's daughter who helps her father run his warehouse-until her aunt insists she become a proper young lady. Now she's disguised herself as a man and run away to gain her freedom. When the two meet, they agree to keep each other's secrets. And when pirates board their ship, they stand together as family, for bare is the brotherless back. Taken to the Areyat Islands, the pair are forced into servitude. But when they are accused of dreadful murders, the supposed brothers must figure out what really happened-before they pay the price.

Missing mages, rapacious pirates, deadly storms-and a pair of young adventurers stuck in the middle! Sundra Aruvar and his "brother" Ruhi Naidu have thus far survived being captured and indentured by pirates. In fact, after catching the culprit who murdered two pirate lords, the pair are thriving. That is, until one of the pirate lords assigns them a new task. Her weather mage, a member of the tight-knit thalakurioi, has gone missing. And she wants Sundra and Ruhi to find out what happened. Doing so will send them far from the pirate capital of Surpakat, all across the Areyat Isles. They'll make new friends-and new enemies-and discover a whole new level to this strange pirate society. But, in the end, can they survive this mystery? Because mages are a dangerous lot-and someone doesn't want the missing ones found! * * * The second in bestselling author Aaron Rosenberg's Areyat Isles series of fantasy pirate mystery adventures set within the world of Eldros Legacy!