Having spent decades in the east to rejuvenate himself, the greatest pulphero of them all, The Shadow, returns to New York in modern times. LamontCranston seeks to resume his old life, and his heroic alter-ego is ready tostand once more as an enemy to evil. But while he slept, his foes have remainedvigilant, and the most dangerous man that The Shadow has ever faced prepares torise once more... with his wicked progeny by his side It's the shockingbeginning...