The King of Diamonds: A Tale of Mystery and Adventure

The King of Diamonds opens in the grimy heart of London's East End, where fifteen-year-old Philip Anson watches his paralyzed mother slip toward death and wonders how he'll keep them both alive. Poverty has stripped away everything except his determination. Then one violent night, a thunderstorm tears through the city and a meteor crashes into the narrow yard behind his family's tenement. Inside that alien rock: diamonds of staggering value, enough to save his mother and rewrite his future. But Philip soon discovers that sudden fortune brings its own dangers. Powerful men want what he has. Secrets from his family's past surface like sharks circling. And the boy who couldn't afford bread must now navigate a world of deception, betrayal, and pursuit where trust is a currency more precious than any gemstone. Louis Tracy crafts a propulsive adventure that asks what happens when the poor suddenly possess something the rich will kill for.