Publisher, Tantor Media (March 2001)

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The surviving Nihilists have condemned the Russian General Trebassof to death for the crimes he and his troops committed against the revolution. Three attempts on his life have failed, but the Czar is determined to keep him alive. The Czar assigns the redoubtable, French detective reporter, Rouletabille to the case. It quickly becomes apparent that one of the General's own retinue is in league with the assassins! Why?

About the Author: French mystery novelist, playwright, and journalist, Gaston Leroux is best known for The Phantom of the Opera. Leroux's narrative was fast moving and he often used complicated plots. In his youth he wrote stories inspired by Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo. His later works showed the influence of Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe Gaston Leroux was born in Paris as the son of a wealthy storeowner. He attended school in Normandy and obtained his law degree in Paris in 1889. Leroux had inherited nearly a million francs and spent most of his time drinking and gambling. Finding his money gone, Leroux started to work as a theater critic and reporter for L'Écho de Paris. In 1890 Leroux had become a full-time journalist. Between the years 1894 and 1906 he traveled in different countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia as a correspondent. Leroux wrote for the daily newspaper Le Matlin and L'echo de Paris and covered the Russian Revolution of 1905. In 1909 Leroux devoted himself entirely to writing, focusing on plays and popular novels of mystery and detection. Leroux established his own film company called Cinéromans, in 1919. Leroux died in Nice on April 16, 1927.