Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which the World is Not Yet Prepared

About the Book

Sherlock Holmes is plunged into the most dangerous mystery of his career by his brother Mycroft and the British Secret Service. He is sent to Sumatra to uncover the mystery of a missing British secret agent. Mycroft, his older brother involved in foreign policy hopes to secure the Dutch Indies if there are proven oil deposits. But Holmes finds more than oil, an energy source that will change the world. Living between societies of cannibals and Dutch colonials he uncovers the terrible secret of the Giant Rat of Sumatra.

About the Author

Stephen E. Pierce was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1943. He received a Bachelors of Science of Geology at Long Beach State University in 1970 and a Master of Science of Geology at San Diego State University in 1974. Mr. Pierce served four years in the navy from 1961 to 1965. He has worked in international petroleum geology all over the world including two years exploring for oil in Sumatra and Borneo (Kalimantan). Presently, he is exploring for oil and gas in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Pierce and his wife Claire currently live in Texas.