It's an aeronautical adventure of high-flying proportions teaming master detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart sidekick, John H. Watson, M.D., with wily French dandy, master thief Arsene Lupin. Are they too late to foil the formidable Lord Ruddy's murderous scheme? Will a famed French aeronaut's plans for the ultimate flying machine fall into the clutches of Germany's notorious Count von Zeppelin?
This action-packed novelette is filled with airships, intrigue, murder, swordplay, global espionage, fisticuffs, romance and a dash of wit!