Moriarty the Patriot, Vol. 1

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The untold story of Sherlock Holmes greatest rival, Moriarty!

Before he was Sherlocks rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance. But even the most well-intentioned plans can spin out of controlwill Moriartys dream of a more just and equal world turn him into a heroor a monster

In the late 19th century, Great Britain rules over a quarter of the world. Nobles sit in their fancy homes in comfort and luxury, while the working class slaves away at their jobs. When young Albert James Moriartys upper-class family adopts two lower-class orphans, the cruelty the boys experience at his familys hands cements Alberts hatred of the nobility he was born into. He asks the older of the two boyswho has a genius mind and a killer instinctto help him rid the world of evil, starting with Alberts own family!

Author Bio

Ryosuke Takeuchi was born November 20, 1980, in Hyogo, Japan, and is a manga artist and writer. He got his big break in 2011 with ST&RS, his first serialized Weekly Shonen Jump series. He later did the storyboards for All You Need Is Kill.

Hikaru Miyoshi is a manga artist whose previous work includes Inspector Akane Tsunemori, which was based on the popular anime Psycho-Pass.

Takeuchi and Miyoshi began collaborating on Moriarty the Patriot in 2016.