"Imagine a person, tall, lean, and feline, high-shouldered, with a brow like Shakespeare and a face like Satan..." The year is 1941, and the world is engulfed in war. Having consolidated his forces, Fu-Manchu seeks to tip the balance of power by launching assaults from a hidden stronghold in the Carribean. His target: the United States Naval forces, just entering the global conflict. FU-MANCHU "Without FU-MANCHU we wouldn't have Dr. No, Doctor Doom, or Dr. Evil. Sax Rohmer created the first truly great evil mastermind. Devious, inventive, complex, and fascinating. These novels inspired a century of great thrillers!"—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Assassin's Code and Patient Zero DARK RITUALS AND SUPER-SCIENCE To stop the Devil Doctor, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his ally, Bart Kerrigan, pick up the trail in London during the blackout, following it to New York, then the Panama Canal, and finally the land of voodoo - Haiti. There they face the enemy's deadly combination of advanced technology and deep-rooted mysticism! ALSO IN THIS VOLUME: A LONG-LOST NAYLAND SMITH SHORT STORY!

Contains the stories "The Island of Fu Manchu" and "The Wrath of Fu Manchu.

A study of the villain in detective fiction and film. It examines such questions as what the villains reflect about the heroes, what they reflect about society, and what defines villainous activity. The texts range from Charles Brockden Brown's "Weiland" (1798) to the film "Seven" (1995).

A new edition of the who's who of over 1,400 fictional characters whose names are sometimes so familiar it's difficult to remember they're imaginary. Included in the biographical parade is Ben Casey, Casper, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a compendium of high, low, and no brow at all, each exactly recorded with a snippet of biographical anecdote. The reference is as equally useful for scholarly work as it is for killing time in aimless pursuits of information. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

An examination of racial attitudes in popular British culture, 1890-1940.

Presents critical studies of more than 270 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.