Black John O'Donnell lies in hiding outside the mysterious house of Yotai Yun, on the outskirts of Hankow. He's there to avenge a friend - Bill Lannon - who earlier infiltrated the house, looking into the sinister deeds of a sinister cult bent on world domination. Lannon turned up dead soon after, and it wasn't a pretty death. A fellow westerner, Eric Brand, had laughed at Lannon's plan. It hadn't ended so funny.
O'Donnell gets in, clobbers some guards, finds they'e got a regular armory going, finds out he's been detected, listens in as Yotai Yun executes his most loyal servant and dumps him in the river, then listens in as Yotai Yun and The Black Lama, a mysterious hooded figure, blab about their big plan to conquer the world. And about infiltrating a cult of Yog-Sothoth.
O'Donnell is found out and has to fight his way out, shooting Yotai and The Black Lama in the process. It ain't looking good for him though, as he's outnumbered by Yotai's men. But the authorities arrive just in time, and it turns out The Black Lama is Eric Brand!
This is basically an adventure tale with some Cthulhuvian in-jokes tossed in. Not much to see here though the first part with O'Donnell hiding and spying is actually suspenseful and fun.
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