From the creator of Fu Manchu comes a mystery of dark secrets and stranger loyalties. A man dies gasping two words — 'fire-tongue' — and Paul Harley of Chancery Lane follows the phrase from a Surrey household to a cult whose roots run back to India. A period piece that runs the full machinery of the 'mysterious East,' offered here complete for the modern reader to enjoy and to weigh. This edition presents the complete and unabridged novel, newly typeset and illustrated with 36 full-page color plates.