Sax Rohmer's thriller adventure and most beloved hero-villain character are back in the series. Fu-Manchu is a cunning, manipulative, evil genius attempting to control the world and destroy his enemy Nayland Smith and his loyal companion, Dr. Petrie. The tricky doctor gets back to Great Britain with his alliance of professional killers, the feared Si-Fan. Smith has come back to Burma and has heard that Fu Manchu is still alive and has gotten back to England to take his revenge on them. The book is a series of episodes that find Smith and Petrie attempting to find Manchu and fight his dacoits and different executions of his terror. In the era of Sherlock Homes, the author has created a character and his tales of adventure that are appreciated by many people around the globe.