Fu Manchu Series by Sax Rohmer

In Tales of Chinatown Sax Rohmer uses first-hand experience in telling tales of criminal plots world domination, Tong wars and intrigue devised from inside the mysterious places of the largest city in England. This fascinating collection of stories includes: The Daughter of Huang Chow Kerry's Kid The Pigtail of Hi Wing Ho The House of Golden Joss The White Hat Tcheriapin The Dance of the Veils The Hand of the Mandarin Quong The Key of the Temple of Heaven

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu is the first novel in the Dr. Fu-Manchu in which we meet Fu-Manchu, a master poisoner and chemist, a cunning member of the Yellow Peril, "the greatest genius which the powers of evil have put on the earth for centuries", Denis Nayland and Dr. Petrie, who combat the evil doctor.

Fu Manchu was the most brilliant man alive; his very existence a scientific miracle. Yet evil was his nature and evil was the only end he served. Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie, the sworn enemies of Fu Manchu, had little knowledge of the dangers that awaited them. For the evil Doctor had one weapon in his fiendish arsenal from which there was no escape: the love of a beautiful woman.

When Dr. Petrie saw a bullet enter the skull of the fiendish mastermind Fu-Manchu, he assumed England had nothing more to fear from the evil genius. But Nayland Smith knows that whatever became of the devil doctor, the sinister organization he served will go on trying to conquer the world. From beyond the grave, Fu-Manchu reaches out to destroy the world... moreWhen Dr. Petrie saw a bullet enter the skull of the fiendish mastermind Fu-Manchu, he assumed England had nothing more to fear from the evil genius. But Nayland Smith knows that whatever became of the devil doctor, the sinister organization he served will go on trying to conquer the world. From beyond the grave, Fu-Manchu reaches out to destroy the world. Sir Gregory Hale, attach� to the British Embassy in Peking, has returned from a six-month expedition to the Gobi Desert and has sequestered himself in a London hotel refusing to see anyone but Smith. Ten minutes before the Burmese commissioner reaches him, Hale is struck by a deadly poison. His final act is to scratch out a warning...."Guard my diary. . . . Tibetan frontier . . . Key of India. Beware man . . . with the limp." less

"The powers of Hell will meet tonight!"Fear was in Nayland Smith's voice--for the signal had gone out from the Tomb of the Black Ape, and chiefs of the terrible cults of the East were gathering at a hidden oasis. Dacoits, Phansigars, Thugs, Hashishin would meet to do the dreadful bidding of The Daughter of Fu Manchu.Fate gives Smith one chance to smash her plot--and one incredible ally...Fu Manchu himself!

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... moreAfter 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." less

A strange epidemic sweeps the French Riviera - a biological weapon created by Dr. Fu-Manchu. Dr. Petrie is called upon by the French authorities, and when the truth emerges, Denis Nayland-Smith is summoned to help stop his arch-foe before he can succeed in spreading his plague across Europe... moreA strange epidemic sweeps the French Riviera - a biological weapon created by Dr. Fu-Manchu. Dr. Petrie is called upon by the French authorities, and when the truth emerges, Denis Nayland-Smith is summoned to help stop his arch-foe before he can succeed in spreading his plague across Europe. As they struggle to contain the horror, Petrie's friend, the botanist Alan Sterling cannot stop thinking of the mysterious Fleurette, unaware that the beautiful girl he chanced upon was raised by the emperor of evil himself, Dr. Fu-Manchu. One of the finest novels in the series, its biological theme is a precursor to Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Fu-Manchu himself is the prototypical Dr. No. less

The Sleeping VenusIt appeared to be a life-size porcelain figure, carefully painted and of incredible beauty. Yet it masked the treacherous work of a master of terror!Frozen on the carved altar, as cold as the clay she was arranged to represent, dr. Petrie's beautiful daughter, Fleurette, slept as one dead... moreThe Sleeping VenusIt appeared to be a life-size porcelain figure, carefully painted and of incredible beauty. Yet it masked the treacherous work of a master of terror!Frozen on the carved altar, as cold as the clay she was arranged to represent, dr. Petrie's beautiful daughter, Fleurette, slept as one dead.While somewhere in the fog strewn corners of London, her fiancée, Alan sterling, and the fearless commissioner Nayland Smith raced against magic and time to unravel the threads of her mysterious disappearance. Each step bringing them closer to death on--The Trail of Fu Manchu! less

The United States is in the middle of a crucial presidential campaign when one of the two major candidates mysteriously disappears. Has he been kidnapped or killed? Only Denis Nayland Smith knows what evil force lies behind the crisis - the sinister genius of Fu Manchu - however even Sir Denis has not reckoned on the extent of his ambitions. Once a puppet candidate is installed in the White House the oriental fiend will be President Fu Manchu and the world will face its biggest danger yet.

Immediately before World War II, Fu-Manchu decides to kill or control the world’s war-mongering dictators, to pave the way for his own plans. The rapid-fire action moves  from London to Venice to Paris, and involves various arcane and scientific forms of torture and death.BONUS FEATURE: "The Mark of the Monkey”, the second of three “lost adventures of Nayland Smith.” It appeared in Collier’s in 1931, then in the short story collection Tales of East and West.

Here is the tenth of the perilous adventures of Nayland Smith—another full-length chiller in which the precise mind and ordered logic of the world-renowned Englishman investigates a mysterious, impregnable island in the Caribbean—a region of living death—to confront the occult knowledge and mystic poweres of the world's most implacable arch-fiend—Dr. Fu Manchu…

World War II has ended. The United States is locked in a Cold War with the Eastern Bloc. It’s the time of mutually assured destruction, yet the atomic bomb isn’t the only weapon to fear. And the Soviets have another enemy with whom to contend.Dr. Morris Craig has developed an energy weapon with the potential for unlimited destruction—whoever controls it could tip the balance of global power... moreWorld War II has ended. The United States is locked in a Cold War with the Eastern Bloc. It’s the time of mutually assured destruction, yet the atomic bomb isn’t the only weapon to fear. And the Soviets have another enemy with whom to contend.Dr. Morris Craig has developed an energy weapon with the potential for unlimited destruction—whoever controls it could tip the balance of global power. The quest for Craig’s invention once again brings Fu-Manchu to New York City, his mission to prevent the Communists from acquiring the device. But who can keep it out of the hands of the Devil Doctor himself? less

The 1950s—the era of the Cold War. The USSR is poised to begin the space race by launching the Sputnik satellite, Mao Zedong rules Communist China, and the greatest global fear is of the atomic bomb.Missing for nearly a decade, Fu-Manchu re-emerges in an attempt to wrest control of China from the accursed Communists. Nayland Smith pursues his enemy from London to Cairo to New York, determined to end his reign of terror... moreThe 1950s—the era of the Cold War. The USSR is poised to begin the space race by launching the Sputnik satellite, Mao Zedong rules Communist China, and the greatest global fear is of the atomic bomb.Missing for nearly a decade, Fu-Manchu re-emerges in an attempt to wrest control of China from the accursed Communists. Nayland Smith pursues his enemy from London to Cairo to New York, determined to end his reign of terror. But there’s something amiss with Smith—something his allies need to uncover before it’s too late. less

Adrift in the lonely rice fields of Northern China, American agent Tony McKay found himself face to face with the most diabolical evil he had ever encountered. The "Cold Men," spiritless creatures that did the unscrupulous bidding of the most dangerous secret organization on earth--The Si Fan! What freak of nature had caused this horrible revival of living dead? Hidden in the mountains of COmmunist China, the terrible leader of the Si Fan cast his web of intrigue and death... moreAdrift in the lonely rice fields of Northern China, American agent Tony McKay found himself face to face with the most diabolical evil he had ever encountered. The "Cold Men," spiritless creatures that did the unscrupulous bidding of the most dangerous secret organization on earth--The Si Fan! What freak of nature had caused this horrible revival of living dead? Hidden in the mountains of COmmunist China, the terrible leader of the Si Fan cast his web of intrigue and death. McKay would learn that when Zombies walk and murder is the law--the dead will not be still...such is the realm of--Fu Manchu! less

This final volume in the Fu-Manchu collection 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 feature the dastardly 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.