The Phantom of Manhattan

Thriller extraordinaire Frederick Forsyth spins a tale based on Gaston Lereaux's classic THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Set in 1906, twelve years after the tragic, disfigured hero escapes the opera house in Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical version, this story finds the Phantom living in New York City under the name Eric Mulheim and accumulating enormous wealth--first as a con artist, then as a Wall Street tycoon. Still desperate for beautiful Christine de Chagny's love and affection, he spends millions building the world's greatest opera house--a prop that he hopes might lure her to New York. But as the Phantom schemes for Christine's love, he stumbles upon a secret so potent it will change his life forever.