Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses apreviously unknown score by Frederic Chopin. But he is unaware that,locked within its handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatensthe lives of thousands of Americans. As he races from Poland to Americato uncover the mystery of the manuscript, Middleton will be accused ofmurder, pursued by federal agents, and targeted by assassins. But thegreatest threat will come from a shadowy figure out of his past: the manknown only as Faust.The Chopin Manuscript is a unique collaborationby 15 of the world's greatest thriller writers. Jeffery Deaverconceived the characters and set the plot in motion; the other authorseach wrote a chapter in turn. Deaver then completed what he started,bringing The Chopin Manuscript to its explosive conclusion.