The Shadow Author:James Luceno Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men...? — Perhaps a man on intimate terms with evil himself. Such a man is Lamont Cranston, cold-blooded czar of a criminal empire - until a powerful Far Eastern mystic makes the ganglord his prisoner, and his diciple in the occult arts that will change his life forever. — Armed with the uncanny powers to... more » cloak himself in darkness and control the minds of others, Lamont Cranston makes the crime-scourged streets of 1930s New York the battleground in a war against the dark forces he once embraced. The battle will unite Cranston with his extraordinary soul mate, Margo Lane. And it will pit him against the unspeakable Shiwan Khan - a brilliant madman filled with his ancient ancestor's lust for conquest, and appetite for annihilation....« less