From the back cover
Deceit. Treacher. A life-altering secret comes to life. And a mind struggles against bonds promised by the heart long ago... Nineteen-year-old Christian de Chagny knows where he gets some of his physical characterisitcs- from his mother, Christine Daae de Chagny. But where does his musical genius come from, when his father, Count Raoul de Chagny, can barely hum a tune? From the moment Christian questions his mother and she nearly faints to the novel's heartrending conclusion, Progeny is a breathless winding trek through the lives of Christina, Christine, Raoul, and the masked Master of Music-the man at the center of all.