The Limehouse Text

About the book

In The Limehouse Text, Barker and Llewelyn stumble upon a pawn ticket in the belongings of Barker's deceased assistant, leading them to the Chinese quarter of Limehouse in London. There, they recover a seemingly harmless book that turns out to be a valuable and clandestine manuscript stolen from a monastery in Nanking. After showing it to Ho, Barker's trusted restaurant owner, they learn that it contains deadly martial arts techniques forbidden in the West. As tensions rise between the British Empire and Imperial China, the pair must protect the text from a web of suspects with conflicting agendas -- and hunt down a murderer determined to obtain the forbidden knowledge.

Delving into the seedy underbelly of opium dens, illicit fighting rings, and seaman's haunts while evading the wrath of the formidable warlord, Mr. K'ing, Barker and Llewelyn lead readers on a treacherous journey through the rough streets of Victorian London.