Shadows of New York: The Mysterious Adventures of Dr. Shadows

The Adventures of Dr. Shadows #2

by Teel James Glenn

As the world lurches toward war, criminal masterminds try to carve out their own pieces of empire. One man, Dr. Shadows, fights for justice--not in upper class drawing rooms, but in smoky bars, crowded Chinatowns, teeming Asian cities, and even in ships being overrun by pirates. Accompanied by a feisty Chinese woman and a small but tough Irish fighter, Shadows uses his mind and a body shattered by the Japanese bullets that also killed his parents but rebuilt in a mountain monastery, to discover crime and evil... and confront them. Author Teel James Glenn is a long-time fan of the pulp fiction of the 1930s and creates a story that pays homage to the best of the genre while creating something new. He envisions Shadows as one of the heroes who could have been, but wasn't...until now. Glenn writes hard-charging action scenes based on his years as a stunt coordinator and fight choreographer. Shadows of New York is the first in Glenn's Shadows series.

216 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 2011

About the author

Teel James "T.J." Glenn has a long career as a performer, teacher, and stunt expert. He has sold several screenplays and is the author of the fantasy novels.

Reviews

[Toni]

This novel reads like a Republic serial…it’s all there, just as we used to see it on Saturdays at the local movie house. Or one of the radio adventures listened to on Saturday night. One could almost expect a banner at the end of each chapter: Turn in next week!

More talk than in Mr. Glenn’s tales of sorcery, swords, and derring-do (and I still wonder how you do a derring!) but it’s fun and it’s exciting and full of nostalgia but don’t expect it to be PC. There are racial slurs aplenty but—just remember!—Read them in context. I admit each word gave me a 21st-century twinge, but then I recovered… It’s the 30’s, after all.

There’s even a cameo byline by Moxie Donovan!

[Little Timmy]

I was not impressed by this attempt to write a novel written in the pulp style. The writer tries to blend to many elements of to many pulp characters into the hero and he comes across and having no individual aspects just a patchwork of other pulp heroes. Not recommended