{"product_id":"9781480493865","title":"The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe novel that introduced the world to its deadliest villain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Burmese rainforest, an arrow steeped in the venom of the hamadryad snake, the deadliest reptile of the East, strikes colonial police commissioner Nayland Smith. His only hope is to immediately cauterize the wound using a sharp knife, a match, and a broken cartridge. For three delirious days, he lies on the forest floor, too weak to move. When the fever finally breaks, he walks out of the woods and heads straight to London, hot on the trail of the evil genius who tried to kill him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most brilliant villain the world has ever seen, Fu-Manchu is an expert polyglot and master chemist, adept in the manipulation of the rarest and deadliest poisons. An agent of a secret society bent on destroying the Western world, his mere gaze is enough to dull the sharpest minds of Great Britain. It is up to Smith and his loyal friend Dr. Petrie to track the devil doctor from the opium dens of the East End to the deserts of Egypt and put an end to his fiendish plans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first installment in Sax Rohmer’s Fu-Manchu series was one of the most popular novels of the early twentieth century. One hundred years later, it is both a fascinating piece of cultural history and a mesmerizing page-turner from start to finish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125663613168,"sku":"9781480493865","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480493865_p0.jpg?v=1763620084","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480493865","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}