Sherlock Holmes The Crown of Lies

His Greatest Nemesis Isn't Moriarty

De: David Charles

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

His Greatest Nemesis Isn't Moriarty. It's the Algorithm That Knows Him Better Than He Knows Himself.

For a modernized Sherlock Holmes, the gaslit streets of London have been replaced by a world of quantum data streams and digital ghosts. But the game has never been more dangerous. When a high-profile quantum physicist collapses on the streets of Hong Kong, dying without a visible cause or attacker, Holmes is summoned from the shadows by a chilling declaration: "Someone has just turned murder into mathematics."

Plunged into the neon-drenched labyrinth of Hong Kong's financial district, Holmes and a battle-hardened Dr. John Watson find themselves confronting Crown Industries, a global tech empire built on the revolutionary—and terrifyingly accurate—predictive power of an artificial intelligence known as Eterna. Its visionary creator, Alexander Crown, is a man with messianic ambitions, but Holmes quickly deduces he is merely the public face of the operation. The true architect is a ghost, a brilliant and ruthless strategist whose methods are unlike any he has ever faced.

A New Queen Has Entered the Game.

Her name is Amara Lu, a master of psychological warfare and the unseen hand guiding a conspiracy of breathtaking scale. She doesn't use clues; she uses consciousness itself as a weapon. While Holmes races to unravel a plot to orchestrate a global economic collapse, Amara wages a different kind of war. She targets his greatest strength and only vulnerability: his bond with John Watson.

This gripping psychological thriller sees Watson, the steadfast soldier and loyal companion, become the primary battlefield. Through a sophisticated campaign of seduction, manipulation, and cutting-edge neural technology, Amara turns Watson's mind against him, transforming Holmes's most trusted ally into a catastrophic liability. As Holmes fights a war on two fronts—one against a rogue AI threatening to shatter the world's economy and another for his friend's very soul—the lines between victory and damnation blur into nothing.

Fans of Jason Matthews' Red Sparrow and modern spy thrillers will be captivated by this relentless, high-tech reinvention of a classic hero.

The Crown of Lies is a stunning evolution of the Sherlock Holmes canon, a globe-trotting espionage adventure that combines the intricate plotting of a classic mystery with the high-octane tension of a contemporary tech-thriller. Prepare for a story where:

• An unstoppable Artificial Intelligence threatens to weaponize the world's financial markets.
• A deep-cover conspiracy stretches from the highest echelons of British intelligence to the hidden heart of state-sponsored power in Beijing.
• The brilliant detective must confront an enemy who has modeled his psychology and anticipated his every move.
• Loyalty is twisted into a weapon, and the only path to victory may require sacrificing the one thing Holmes cannot bear to lose.

In this deadly new game, the puzzle isn't who committed the crime, but how to stop an adversary who can predict your every solution. To defeat her, Sherlock Holmes must become a monster, forcing him to confront the terrifying truth that in a world built on a crown of lies, the greatest lie of all might be the one he tells himself.

Systematically

How many times was the word “systematically” used? Ugh this book was childish, repetitive…. A good book for a 10 year old.

Incessant details about irrelevance

Throughout is too long & too wide An unsatisfying ending that effectively dehumanizes Holmes