"Un crimen imposible, un demonio y un viaje maldito. Corre el ąo 1634 y Samuel Pipps, el detective m̀s famoso del mundo, est̀ prisionero en el Saardam rumbo a ℓmsterdam, donde se enfrenta a un juicio y a la horca. Junto a ̌l viajan su fiel amigo, Arent Hayes, decidido a probar la inocencia de Pipps, y Sara Wessel, la esposa del gobernador general de Batavia, en las Indias Orientales. S͠bitamente, una serie de misteriosos sucesos desconcierta a la tripulaci̤n y a los pasajeros: un extrąo s̕mbolo aparece en una vela, un leproso fallecido ronda por el barco y varios animales aparecen sacrificados. Y, por si fuera poco, una voz aterroriza a los pasajeros entre las sombras con una terrible profec̕a: van a ser testigo de tres milagros diab̤licos. El primero, una persecuci̤n inveros̕mil; el segundo, un robo inconcebible; el tercero, un asesinato imposible de cometer. Con Pipps entre rejas, Arent y Sara tendr̀n que resolver solos el misterio que amenaza con enviarlos a todos a las profundidades del očano."-- Amazon. "Samuel Pipps is the greatest detective of his day...but now he's a prisoner, accused of an unknown crime by one of the world's most powerful men. Along with his faithful sidekick, Arent Hayes, they're sailing back to Amsterdam from the East Indies, where he'll stand trial. But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. Still shackled in his cell, Pipps sends Hayes to solve a mystery that connects every passenger on board. All hope is pinned on Hayes solving the mystery, but when he goes missing, Pipps is faced with the most dangerous puzzle of his career...All the while, voices whisper to him in the dark. But are those whispers clues? Warnings? Or the devil himself..."-- Provided by publisher.
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