After his parents die, a young Scottish man travels to see his only remaining relative, expecting to be welcomed, but instead finds his life and liberty in grave danger.
An analytical detective is consulted by a young woman who has received a strange communication regarding her long-missing father and a mysterious treasure.
An orphaned street-urchin follows a holy man across India during the time of the British Raj, eventually gaining an education and becoming a recruit to the Great Game of espionage against the Russians.
A middle-aged man in early Edwardian England finds himself despairing at his failed business and marriage, and takes a drastic step to escape—with unexpected results.