Large print edition. the mask of fu manchu is a further adventure of the Evil Genius of the Orient, Dr FU manchu. Sir Lionel Barton has come to the east in search of the Tomb of the Mask prophet, el mokanna. After uncovering the tomb and it's ancient relics, Sir Lionel sets off an explosion with superstitious followers take to be the prophets rebirth. A tidal wave of religious faintestism sweeps across the Muslim world, and in a series of dastardly murders occurs in an attempt to recover The Sword and the mask of el mokanna. When sir Lionel's future son of law, greville, is kidnapped and drugged, Sir Denis nayland smith is convinced that the crime bear the mark of the fu manchu, who would use the religious furor to further his own evil ends.