Early in Holmes and Watson's relationship, they're called to a small, dreary shoreside town to investigate strange ritual killings in which the victims seem to be rapidly mummified. Intrigued by the scientific questions, the duo is pulled into a mystery that will shake their views of the natural world and the cosmos.
A somewhat entertaining tale of Holmes and the Lovecraftian mythos marred by an anachronism of Holmes and Watson using flashlights long before they were invented.