SAX ROHMER SERIES:

Mask of Fu Manchu

Mask of Fu Manchu

Sax Rohmer

Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

After discovering the tomb of El Mokanna - the Veiled Prophet - and retrieving the precious relics buried there, the eminent archaeologist Sir Lionel Barton blows up the tomb. The heretic sect faithful to Mokanna interpret the fireball as their prophet's second coming, and a violent uprising begins. Meanwhile, the insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu senses an opportunity to use the powerful relics for his own evil ends. The action stretches from Persia to Cairo, then back to London, including an extraordinary confrontation inside of the Great Pyramid. Along the way his opponents face Ogboni killers, mind-control drugs, dervishes, and a "ghost mosque."
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The Zayat Kiss: Short Story

The Zayat Kiss: Short Story

Sax Rohmer

Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Inspector Nayland Smith has unearthed a plot that could mean the end of civilization as we know it. He's just arrived in London, chasing the greatest criminal mind ever to come from the East. But when he arrives to warn Sir Crichton Davey that he is in danger, he finds he is too late. Sir Crichton has become the first victim of the insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu.
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Tales of Secret Egypt

Tales of Secret Egypt

Sax Rohmer

Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

THE duhr, or noonday call to prayer, had just sounded from the minarets of the Mosques of Kalaûn and En-Nasîr, and I was idly noting the negligible effect of the adan upon the occupants of the neighboring shops—coppersmiths for the most part—when suddenly my errant attention became arrested. A mendicant of unwholesome aspect crouched in the shadow of the narrow gateway at the entrance to the Sûk es-Saîgh, or gold and silver bazaar, having his one serviceable eye fixed in a malevolent stare upon something or someone immediately behind me. It is part and parcel of my difficult profession to subdue all impulses and to think before acting. I sipped my coffee and selected a fresh cigarette from the silver box upon the rug beside me. In this interval I had decided that the one-eyed mendicant cherished in his bosom an implacable and murderous hatred for my genial friend, Ali Mohammed, the dealer in antiques; that he was unaware of my having divined his bloody secret; and that if I would profit by my accidental discovery, I must continue to feign complete ignorance of it.
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Grey Face

Grey Face

Sax Rohmer

Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

A London detective pieces together a baffling series of crimes as an ominous grey face terrorizes the city in this hauntingly suspenseful mystery.As a private investigator, Douglas Carey has solved his share of mysteries, but none so distressing or intimate as the one he is tasked with now. Having discovered a connection between a series of seemingly unrelated crimes—Carey's report promptly goes missing—along with several hours he cannot account for. In place of his lost memories, he sees only a sinister Grey Face. Meanwhile, the Russian émigré Anton de Trepniak seems to have all of London society under his charming spell, along with the beguiling Madame Sabinov. As the Grey Face appears across London from Soho to Limehouse, Carey suspects the Russians are somehow involved. And uncovering the truth will reveal the most terrifying vision of all.
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The Wrath of Fu Manchu

The Wrath of Fu Manchu

Sax Rohmer

Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

This book brings together some unpublished manuscripts, and stories which have previously appeared only in magazine form, by the late Sax Rohmer. The long title novella and three others are about Dr. Fu Manchu - and, of course, his unremitting opponent, Sir Denis Nayland Smith. There are eight more stories in this book, no less characteristic of Sax Rohmer's art.**
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The Exploits of Captain O'Hagan

The Exploits of Captain O'Hagan

Sax Rohmer

Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

The author of the Fu-Manchu novels offers tales of chivalry, adventure, and derring-do in this 1916 story collection. Honored with a Victoria Cross and a Distinguished Service Order, Capt. Bernard O'Hagan prizes valor above all. A man of quick wit and short temper—he wastes no time challenging any offense—and backing up those challenges with his legendary skills as a fighter. Luckily for the good people of London, O'Hagan is on the side of justice. This volume follows the eccentric nobleman through his various adventures, from foiling a plot for blackmail to ridding a young lady of an unwanted suitor. The Exploits of Captain O'Hagan includes the stories "He Patronises Pamela," "He Clears the Course for True Love," "He Meets the Leopard Lady," "He Buries an Old Love," "He Deals with Don Juan," and "He Honours the Grand Duke."
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The Golden Scorpion gm-2

The Golden Scorpion gm-2

Sax Rohmer

Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

An illusive Chinese mastermind and his henchman have already killed one socialite and they hold a mysterious sway over many of London's elite. What is the secret of their power? Follow the trail with Sax Rohmer's famous detectives Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar as they chase the international gang of hoodlums and their leader, the evil Dr. King.
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