ABU-TABAH... ...professes himself a master magician, who has struck up an association with Kernaby, an Englishman of limited scruples... Abu-Tabah proves himself to be a master of manipulation as well as magic as he influences people and situations to achieve his mysterious goals. The second half of the book contains six tales set in Egypt and tinged with the supernatural. An early work by Sax Rohmer, whose most evil villain, Fu Manchu, would make him internationally famous.

Ten stories of Macabre Mystery by the creator of the famous Dr. Fu Manchu. Includes the excellent ghost story Tcheriapin and a creeping hand story called The Hand of Mandarin Qung.Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (15 February 1883 - 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is most remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. Born in Birmingham he had an entirely working class education and early career before beginning to write. His first published work was in 1903, the short story The Mysterious Mummy for Pearson's Weekly....

THE FIRST FU-MANCHU NOVEL Commissioner Nayland Smith returns to London from Burma, telling his old friend and colleague, Doctor Petrie, of a master criminal who has been active in Burma... ...the criminal is Doctor Fu-Manchu, a great scientist and the most dangerous criminal mind the world has ever known... ...and Fu-Manchu has come to London. His purpose is unknown but very soon the greatest scientists in Europe begin to disappear... Originally published in the United States with the title The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu.

THE SECOND FU-MANCHU NOVEL Commissioner Nayland Smith, along with friend and colleague, Doctor Petrie, face the return of the dreaded master criminal Dr. Fu-Manchu... The Devil Doctor has returned to Great Britain intent on bringing chaos to the nation and destroying the Empire even at the highest levels... ...but Fu-Manchu also has secrets of his own to protect, and there is also an Arabian slave-girl whose allegiances are uncertain... Originally published in the United States with the title The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu.

THE THIRD FU-MANCHU NOVEL Commissioner Nayland Smith, along with friend and colleague, Doctor Petrie, once again face the schemes of the dreaded master criminal Dr. Fu-Manchu... Mysteries begin to spread across London, and at their heart is a newly opened exclusive hotel... It is soon clear that the cause of these baffling mysteries is the evil Dr. Fu-Manchu... and this time the Devil Doctor has not come alone... with him are the dreaded Si-Fan... Originally published in the United States with the title The Hand of Dr. Fu-Manchu.

A GENIUS, A MASTERMIND... AND THE GREATEST EVIL THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN... Contained in this volume are the first three novels to feature the evil Dr Fu-Manchu, and his nemesis, Commissioner Nayland Smith who, with his trusted ally Doctor Petrie must try to foil Fu-Manchu's evil schemes. Classic adventure stories, these novels were huge successes on their initial publication. Because of them, Fu-Manchu is as recognisable now as ever. THE MYSTERY OF DR. FU MANCHU THE DEVIL DOCTOR THE SI-FAN MYSTERIES Originally published in the United States with the titles THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU-MANCHU THE...

Sax Rohmer (1883 1959) was a prolific English mystery writer who was best known for his thriller novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu-Manchu. This is one of his novels.

Psychic investigator Dr. Damar Greefe is strolling home. It's been a tough day, assisting the police. During this stroll, he feels someone or something watching him -- but when he turns to see who it is, he faces only emptiness. Then he sees a cat staring at him, eyes as green as jade. But when he goes to investigate, the cat has disappears Then the body of Sir Marcus Coverly is found in a crate headed out to sea. The ensuing investigation leads Dr. Greefe deeper into Egypt's mysteries. And into -- the Green Eyes of Bast Sax Rohmer was a prolific author of early science fiction and fantasy....

The scenes of this story are laid in Egypt - Abu-Tabah, the inscrutable Egyptian, who appears and disappears so mysteriously, is not so blood-curdling a villain as Fu Manchu, but his exploits possess the same breathless interest that characterized the activities of the yellow doctor. In the latter half of the book, notably in the story, The Valley of the Sorceress, there is an element new in Rohmer's work - that of the supernatural...

Burmese Commisioner Nayland Smith and his faithful friend Dr Petrie continue their fight against the evil genius of Dr Fu-Manchu when they seek to save the good doctor's lost love and protect the British Empire from disaster when their malignant enemy returns to England.