Moriarty — a Canon-Faithful Victorian Psychological Thriller

About the Book

What if James Moriarty, the most enigmatic figure in Victorian literature, left behind his own confession?

When Holmes discovers Moriarty’s private journal, he uncovers not just a memoir but a manifesto. In its pages, a mathematical prodigy recalls his transformation: exile into shadows, training that made his body as formidable as his intellect, and brutal lessons proving that influence and pressure are weapons more potent than any blade.

This is more than an origin story. It is a descent into the psyche of a man who chose to rewrite the rules rather than follow them—the man who would stand as Sherlock Holmes’s equal.

Read carefully. Because the most dangerous lies are the ones we choose to believe.

Author’s Note

Some minds bend the rules. Others rewrite them entirely.

When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Professor Moriarty, he gave us only fragments—a shadow glimpsed at the edge of Holmes’s adventures. Yet those fragments suggested extraordinary depths: a mathematical prodigy, a Napoleon of crime, the only man whose intellect matched Holmes himself.

What might forge such a man? What journey transforms a brilliant child into the spider at the center of the web?

This volume, the first in the Victorian Moriarty Saga, explores those questions while respecting Doyle’s canon. I have treated his stories as historical fact within this fictional world, filling the spaces between established events rather than contradicting them. The result stands as a complete narrative while laying groundwork for the larger game to come.

— A.M.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the novel canon-faithful?
Yes. Doyle’s stories are treated as “historical record” within the fiction. The journal fills gaps without contradicting established events like Reichenbach.

Do I need to be a Sherlock Holmes expert?
Not at all. If you love psychological thrillers or historical mysteries, you’ll feel right at home—Holmesians just get extra winks.

Will there be a Book Two?
Yes. Join the club above to get early chapters, cover reveals, and launch dates.