Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. This is one of his novels.

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Yellow Claw is a crime novel by Sax Rohmer. The story features Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and master of disguise, and his battle with Mr. King, a master criminal. Max is often aided in his efforts by Inspector Dunbar and together they need to stop Mr. King before he takes his next hostage! The novel was the basis for the 1921 British silent film The Yellow Claw.The Golden Scorpion again features Detective Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar who must save the day from an evil "scorpion" mastermind before he makes his next kill!

The Yellow Claw is a crime novel by Sax Rohmer. The story features Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and master of disguise, and his battle with Mr. King, a master criminal. Max is often aided in his efforts by Inspector Dunbar and together they need to stop Mr. King before he takes his next hostage! The novel was the basis for the 1921 British silent film The Yellow Claw. The Golden Scorpion again features Detective Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar who must save the day from an evil "scorpion" mastermind before he makes his next kill!

In this book the reader will be transported to the 15th century in the Northern Chinese plain close to the Yan Mountains. It’s story unfolds with the love story of Kuan Yin and Shen Nong. Two strong and beautiful people in a forbidden marriage. Shen Nong a tired warrior, with a past that has to stay hidden, comes into Kuan Yin,s life on a spring day to eventually fill her lonely days. Out of this three remarkable sons are born with unique abilities that are sharpened with training. Being by themselves most of their young lives living apart believing that they are orphans, they eventually come together because of a common goal. First the oldest at 18 is Sun Liam who is raised in a school for fighting. Next is Yoshi at 17 who is raised in the Tendai Buddist Temple on Mount Hiel to become a marathon monk, running 52 miles for a hundred days. Then the third son is Aki Motto who is taken to Japan to live with Shen Nong,s aunt in an okiya with geisha girls. At 15 he is trained in the art of Bushido to become samurai. All of their backgrounds comes into play when the very village of their parents comes under attack by a twisted and powerful warlord Zhouli Hunhe and his son Naihe, a demented psychopath. The three brothers each experience life changing situations to become the Crimson Cricket, Golden Scorpion, and the Emerald Beetle.

Four brilliant men have died mysteriously -- and the only clue is the carved tail of a golden scorpion, left beside their bodies. The man behind theHorrorcalls himself The Scorpion, and he clearly is a man of superior cunning. When the finest detectives of France and England join forces to stop The Scorpion before he can add a fifth victim to his list, the twisting trail takes them through the haunts of London's underworld to the seamy opium dens of Chinatown -- and from there into the Lair of the Scorpion