The first three novellas in the Ghost Wars series, the Rise of the Empire follows the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Watson as they deal with the rumblings of war being telegraphed by Germany and its upstart Verboten Party, which is led by Herr Himmler and his rising star companion, Adolph Hitler. It is based loosely on the actual war between England and Germany, when both were using occult weapons to battle with each other. Relatively unknown by the masses, World War Two was fought on many levels besides just guns and bullets and bombs. Sherlock Holmes and Watson are assigned by the King...