Titan Books has released Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God, a new original Sherlock Holmes novel which follows Holmes and Watson as they seek the help of Aleister Crowley to investigate the murders of London’s most prominent occultists.

The novel by Guy Adams came out this week and thanks to Titan Books, we have an exclusive excerpt, which you can read right here below.

Take a read from Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God and let us know what you think!

Excerpt

Excerpted from SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE BREATH OF GOD
Published by Titan Books.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE BREATH OF GOD is on sale now wherever books are sold.

Synopsis

The nineteenth century is about to draw to a close. In its place will come the twentieth, a century of change, a century of science, a century that will see the superstitions of the past swept away. There are some who are determined to see that never happens.

A body is found crushed to death in the London snow. There are no footprints anywhere near it. It is almost as if the man was killed by the air itself. This is the first in a series of attacks that sees a handful of London’s most prominent occultists murdered. While pursuing the case, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves traveling to Scotland to meet with the one person they have been told can help: Aleister Crowley.

As dark powers encircle them, Holmes’ rationalist beliefs begin to be questioned. The unbelievable and unholy are on their trail as they gather a group of the most accomplished occult minds in the country: Doctor John Silence, the so-called “Psychic Doctor”; supernatural investigator Thomas Carnacki; runic expert and demonologist, Julian Karswell…But will they be enough? As the century draws to a close it seems London is ready to fall and the infernal abyss is growing wide enough to swallow us all.

The Breath of God is a brand-new original novel, detailing a thrilling new case for the acclaimed detective Sherlock Holmes.