A Victim of the AuroraIn the waning years of the Edwardian era, a group of gentlemen wait out a raging blizzard in the perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter, poised for a strike at the South Pole. As the storm lifts, a new challenge faces Captain Sir Eugene Stewart to discover which of his twenty five carefully chosen men has become a murderer. The quest for adventure has become a quest for justice.

a figure on the cliff

With his father lying dead at his feet

Ellery Queen

threatening to kill their four-year-old

but as the wider world of Magenta is threatened with an imminent crisis

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Inspector Thomas Lynley makes a cameo appearance

If found guilty

Colonel Ellello tells his own story

little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl

Salamandastron's only hope is a badger

who is blind