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A kid is born... His mother's only gift is a mask. Precocious and gifted, he will exist friendless and alone. taunted and abused, he will flee, only to locate himself caged again-as a freak in a Gypsy carnival. A brilliant outcast... the world is his home. Filled together with bitter rage, he will kill to escape, becoming a stonemason's apprentice in Rome... a dark magician at the treacherous Persian court... and finally, the genius behind the construction of the Paris Opera House and the labyrinthine world below. Lacking one thing only: A woman's love. Cloaked in secrets, his power complete, he will see the exquisite Christine and for the first time recognize what it means to love. Obsessed, he will get her into his eerie subterranean world, driven to posses her heart and soul. Phantom--A haunting story of power and darkness, of magic and murder, of sensuality and betrayal, and ultimately, the unforgettable story of a man and a woman and the eternal excellence of love.

Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Webber should do a prequel, not a sequel!   2010-02-12
By Faanchi Liu (Tempe, AZ USA)
The reason I say His Lordship Webber should read this book is because it would give him great material for a prequel, Not a seqiel to "Phantom". That story doesn't need a sequel. It's complete in itself. My mom gave this book a long time ago, and I was sad when it fell apart. I think this book is neat because it makes the Phantom, Christine, and Raoul more three-dimensional, believable characters, as well as giving plausible explanations of what happened to Erik the Phantom in his past, which explains why he acts the way he does in the Leroux story and musical.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Surpasses the Original   2010-02-12
By Stephanie Dellosa
"My mind has touched the farthest horizons of mortal imagination and reaches ever outward to embrace infinity. There is no knowledge beyond my comprehension, no art or skill upon this entire planet that lies beyond the mastery of my hand. And yet, like Faust, I look in vain. I learn in vain...For as long as I live, no woman will ever look on me in love....

My kingdom lies in eternal darkness, many feet below the level of the Parisian streets outside, shrouded in the chill silence of the grave. Darkness and silense have been my companions since the day I chose to turn my back upon the world of men and create an empire that was solely mine.

From the moment of my birth my destiny was to be alone."

I don't know of one person who didn't think Christine Daae a fool for going off with the lackluster Raoul rather than stay with the Phantom. Disfigured he may be, but the Phantom has endured as a magnetic figure of endless fascination. In Phantom, Susan Kay explores the Phantom's life, from birth to death - Much happened before he ever set eyes on the winsome Christine.

We love our misunderstood outcasts and mysterious princes of darkness, which Erik is. Brilliant and artistic, he has been reviled since birth, even rejected by his own very beautiful mother. We follow Erik as he is captured by the evil Javert and exhibited as a freak. Finally escaping the gypsy carnival, he makes his way to Italy to become a master stonemason's apprentice and to his first love, which ends in tragedy. He next surfaces as the dark magician in Persian court. Everywhere he goes, cruelty and devastation follow until at last he retreats to Paris. He becomes the secret genius behind the building of the famous Opera Garnier, where he ultimately decides to hide from the world.

From there, the story roughly follows the well-known Phantom of the Opera storyline, a mix of both the Gaston Leroux novel and the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Kay manages not only to pay homage to both, but surpass them in this superb, beautifully written version. This novel is for all those who, if given the choice, would have picked the Phantom every time.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Spectacular!   2010-01-21
By Calidghe W. Sevigny (Ellensburg, WA)

This book tells us all about Erik's exciting, dangerous, heartbreaking journey across the world through his own narration and through the eyes of some of the significant people he meets along the way.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Susan Key's "Phantom"   2009-12-23
By Robert D. Hill (Lutz, Florida United States)
If you liked Andrew Lloyd Webber's rendition of the "Phantom" story, you should love Susan Key's addition to how it should end. It hits the soft spot in us all (if you can overlook Erik's early crimes, of course). Also, of course, we don't visit the sins of the father upon their offspring.
Bob Hill, Tampa Bay, Florida
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Amazing, Haunting, Lovely and Scarey   2009-07-24
By Dixie I. Weileder (Shreveport, LA)
In this book Susan Kay takes a monster and makes you fall in love with him. He has been turned into a man who can murder someone in a heartbeat and not break a sweat or blink an eye, and yet the audience aches for him. Every time I'm done reading this book (that I have now read at least five times, and I RARELY read a book more than once) I spend at least a week really missing Erik. She draws you into his world, and it's very hard to let go.


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