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Witness to a brutal murder, Anne Jones bravely agrees to testify.She is given a new name, a new history and is advised not to get too close to anyone. But she does–and with good reason. Somehow, her identity has been compromised. Someone knows who–and where–she is.Anne's handsome boss, Patrick McClain, is himself witness to the scare tactics being used against her and vows to keep her safe. Yet she will have to disappear all over again, lest she put both their lives in jeopardy….

A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette. The story is a delightful spoof of the mystery genre, then in its infancy, introducing the reader to Sherlock Holmes as he has never been seen before or since. Far from his usual elegant London haunts, the great detective is caught up in a melodramatic murder mystery of love, betrayal, and vengeance in a rough California mining town.

The black sorceress Plague-del-Cake, whose name they dread even to utter aloud, climbing to power, destroys the brilliant magicians one by one. Among her victims is the remarkable white magician Leopold Grotter. His daughter Tanya, by some unknown means, manages to avoid death, but on the tip of her nose, a mysterious birthmark remains for life… Plague-del-Cake mysteriously disappears, and Tanya Grotter turns out to be abandoned to the family of businessman Durnev, her distant relative… She lives with this extremely unpleasant family until the age of ten, and then finds herself in the unique world of the Tibidox School of Magic…

История превращения человека в Бога с одновременным разоблачением бессмысленности данного процесса, демонстрирующая монструозность любой попытки преодолеть свою природу. Одновременно рассматриваются различные аспекты существования миров разных возможностей: миры без любви и без свободы, миры боли и миры чувственных удовольствий, миры абсолютной свободы от всего, миры богов и черт знает чего, – и в каждом из них главное – это оставаться тем, кто ты есть, не изменять самому себе.