Forsyth picks up the story following the Phantom's escape to New York where he begins his new secret life. A place where he carves out a kingdom of power and realizes one of his most ambitious dreams, to build the most glittering opera house in the world. A perfect place to lure Christine.

The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world, a dark, lean man born and raised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave off disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has done before.

Paul Devereaux, intellectual, dedicated, utterly ruthless and ex-CIA special ops, is given the seemingly impossible task of stopping the billion dollar cocaine industry. At his disposal, anything he wants - men, resources, money. He will not stop until he has completed his mission.

The Kill List - The names of those men and women who would threaten the world's security - held above top secret at the highest level of the US government. The Preacher - At the top of it, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire his followers to kill Western targets. As the bodies begin to pile up in America, Great Britain and across Europe, the message goes out: discover this man's identity, locate him and take him out. The Tracker - Ex-US marine, now one of America's most effective terrorist hunters, with an impossible job. Aided only by a brilliant teenaged hacker, he must throw out...