Fire Tongue - Softcover

Rohmer, Sax

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755116232 ISBN 13: 9780755116232

Publisher: House of Stratus, 2008

Synopsis

'Despair was alien to his character. A true Englishman, he never knew when he was beaten.' Detective Paul Harley has an office in Chancery Lane. However, his meeting with Sir Charles Abingdon is to result in a case that takes him far from familiar London streets. Sir Charles is being followed and asks Harley to call on him - and then drops down dead after gasping the words, 'Fire Tongue'. Harley's search for truth and the identity of Fire Tongue leads him to strange characters, a secret organization, occult mysteries and immense danger. Will he survive the discovery?

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From the Back Cover:

"Fire-Tongue," he said. "Nicol Brinn." These are the last words of Sir Charles Abingdon, who was convinced he was being followed through the streets of London. Fortunately, the man who heard this his cryptic message was Paul Harley, an investigator Sir Charles hired to discover who was stalking him, who stole a manuscript from his study, and who called him away from his home on the night of his death. Paul Harley is no ordinary investigator. He'd done highly confidential work in the Near East and was "an unofficial field marshal of the forces arrayed against evildoers."

But that's not the only characteristic that sets Harley apart -- he's guided by his sixth sense. "It was an evasive, fickle thing, but was nevertheless the attribute which had made him an investigator of genius." Harley will need all of his talents -- and his extra-sensory perception -- to solve the riddle of the Fire-Tongue.

About the Author:

Sax Rohmer was born Arthur Henry Ward in 1883. As a schoolboy he was interested in Egyptology and the occult; later he became fascinated by theosophy, alchemy and mysticism. After a brief stint in the City of London, Rohmer became a Fleet Street journalist. The publication of two of his stories in magazines saw the start of his career as an adventure novelist and to begin with Rohmer wrote under a variety of pen names. The sinister arch-criminal Fu Manchu was his most famous creation, appearing for the first time in The Mystery of Fu Manchu, and a hugely popular series followed. Several films were made about Rohmer's villainous creation: notably The Mask of Fu Manchu in 1932 starring Boris Karloff and featuring Christopher Lee in the Hammer productions of the 1960's.

About this edition

• Publisher: House of Stratus
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0755116232
• ISBN 13: 9780755116232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 234