Maxwell Grant's works about the adventures of a brave crime fighter have many similarities with books about the sinister Doctor Fu-Manchu and Professor Moriarty. Only here a genius - the mysterious avenger Shadow - stands guard over justice and sometimes breaks the law in order to pay tribute to the villains. In the first story, “The Living Shadow,” the main character, rescued by the leader of a secret organization, has to fight criminals who want to smuggle stolen jewelry to a Chinese secret organization to the heart of Chinatown, and also to unravel the mystery of the death of a millionaire - the former owner of jewelry. In the second, a Chinese secret organization is trying to seize power over the underworld of America, and only the Shadow and his agents can unravel the mystery of the jade “Green Eyes”, stop the chain of sinister murders and destroy the insidious plans of immigrants from the East.