The Casebook of Silas Thorne (Collected Editions) Paperback – Large Print, March 11, 2026

Step into the shadowed world of Captain Silas Thorne, a former British Army officer whose battlefield scars run deeper than flesh. In this richly atmospheric Victorian collection, Thorne travels across continents confronting the ghosts—literal and metaphorical—left behind by empire, war, and his own unspoken past.All short stories in this volume have been previously published in other collections, now gathered for the first time into a single, beautifully curated Casebook.The Casebook of Silas Thorne blends the investigative sharpness of Sherlock Holmes with the gothic dread of Penny Dreadful and the folkloric strangeness of The Witcher. Through recovered journals, testimonies, and later annotations, the collection traces Thorne’s evolution from disillusioned soldier to London’s foremost consulting detective of the uncanny.Across India, Afghanistan, Africa, and the heart of Victorian London, Thorne faces:corrupt officers and imperial crueltyfolkloric monsters and generational cursesoccult societies and ritual magicghosts born from guilt, silence, and forgotten truthAt his side stands Sergeant George Harper, the steadfast companion who anchors Thorne’s turbulent moral journey. Their cases—ranging from cannibal pie shops to Enochian conspiracies beneath Belgravia—reveal a world where memory is a weapon, and the dead refuse to stay quiet.Inside the CasebookA Soldier Haunted by Empire.Witness Thorne’s early missions across colonial battlefields, where supernatural forces expose the moral fractures of the empire he once served.The Birth of a Gothic Detective PartnershipBack in London, Thorne and Harper establish their practice at No. 7 Regent Street, confronting cursed artefacts, memory‑stealing barbers, and occult networks hidden in high society.Folklore From Across the WorldFeaturing some of the author’s most celebrated stories:The River’s ChildrenThe Case of the Hollow ManMy Father's GhostThe Unquiet DeadWhere the Rats do not goEach tale blends global folklore with deeply human themes of guilt, inheritance, and the cost of silence.The Emotional CoreAt the heart of the Casebook lies Thorne’s doomed love for Asha, his fraught bond with his father, and the white streak in his hair—a refusal to let trauma be erased.Themes & Tonecolonial trauma and moral reckoningmemory vs. forgettingghosts as manifestations of guiltloyalty, friendship, and chosen familyglobal folklore through a Victorian lensExpect a narrative that is cinematic, gothic, historically grounded, and emotionally piercing, with flashes of dark humour.Perfect For Readers Who Love:Victorian noirsupernatural detective fictionfolklore‑driven horrorcharacter‑rich, emotionally layered storytellingFeatures a comprehensive appendix section packed with Thorne’s private case notes, emotional confessions, and world‑building extras—complete with maps, artefact sketches, and collector‑grade illustrations. Read more