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What is The Shadow: The Voice (Complete Shadow Novel) about?

THE VOICE was originally published in the November 1, 1938 issue of The Shadow Magazine. And just who or what is "The Voice?" That's what The Shadow is out to discover. This bodiless voice controls a conspiracy that defies exposure. When the Voice speaks, murder is done. But when the final fray is over, it is the taunting, triumph laugh of The Shadow that is heard above all! This story had the potential to be a great Shadow pulp mystery. Unfortunately, author Walter Gibson missed his opportunities and as a result ended up with a pretty routine Shadow story. Instead of making the Voice mysterious, he's just a guy talking on the telephone. As one crook puts it, "He was just a voice -- yeah, a voice -- talkin' over the telephone!" And even that happens only a couple times. Boring! This story could have gone in other directions and been a much more enjoyable tale. If the mysterious character of The Voice had been a hidden mastermind whose voice appeared from nowhere — along the lines of the radio version of The Shadow — now, that would have been pretty interesting. But, no. That's not this story. Or if a criminal empire had been ruled by some unknown villain whose minions met in an und

Author

Maxwell Grant

Publisher

Street & Smith

Published

1938

Language

EN