Evil Chinese mastermind in a series of
adventure novels by
Sax Rohmer. Fu Manchu is President of the Council of Seven of the
Si-Fan, the most powerful
secret society on earth. He is chiefly opposed in his plans for
world domination by
Sir Denis Nayland Smith.
"If you can imagine Satan incarnate - a deathless spirit of evil dwelling in an ageless body - a cold intelligence armed with knowledge so far undreamed of by science - you have a slight picture of Doctor Fu Manchu."
-- from The Drums of Fu Manchu