Boarding a steamer at Port Said, the narrator becomes entangled with a mysterious girl with violet eyes and a man known as Hassan of Aleppo. A sacred relic of the Prophet has been taken to England, and a secret sect of fanatical assassins follows it, leaving murders, phantom blades and attacks on a locked safe across London.
Pulp thrills from the creator of Fu Manchu, with all of his era’s orientalist assumptions on display. Download the free EPUB.