The DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY  (English, Paperback, Sidney Sheldon)

From the master of thrillers, this is the story of an officer who is nearing retirement age, and is called on a special assignment by the NSA that turns into an international espionage.

Summary Of The Book

A thriller novel published in 1991, the story of The Doomsday Conspiracy revolves around an American naval officer who is faced with a task, post an accident in which some secret information has been leaked, but slowly realises that his own life is in danger.

Robert Bellamy is hired by the National Security Agency to find ten people who were on a tour bus in Switzerland while they witnessed the crash of a weather balloon. The weather balloon consisted some top secret gear. He later finds out that the weather balloon was actually a UFO.  His job is to locate these people and get them to swear to secrecy.

As he starts locating these people, he realises each one of them is being killed, one after another, under seemingly accidental circumstances. Parallelly, it is revealed that Bellamy’s wife leaves him for some rich businessman.

Bellamy starts to learn strange things as he is nearing the completion of his mission. He realises he is being hunted by unknown attackers and so begins a game of hide and seek, spanning various nations. Who will help him, if at all? Is there something more to Bellamy’s life than what meets the eye?

Complete with interesting side characters and a detailed background, this novel has an easy to follow, yet highly unpredictable plot. The Doomsday Conspiracy was an inspiration to Dan Brown.

About Sidney Sheldon

A master storyteller, Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917-January 30,2007) has authored 18 novels which have sold over 300 million copies. He is the seventh best selling writer of all time. He has won an Academy award too.

Apart from The Doomsday Conspiracy, Sheldon’s other famous novels include Rage Of Angels, Master Of The Game, Memories Of Midnight, The Sky Is Falling, Windmills Of The Gods, Tell Me Your Dreams, and The Sands Of Time. He penned his autobiography in 2004, titled The Other Side Of Me. He wrote Broadway Plays as well, some of which are Roman Candle, The Merry Widow, and Alice In Arms. His television works include I Dream Of Jeannie, Hart To Hart, and The Patty Duke Show. A miniseries was also created based on his book If Tomorrow Comes. He writes screenplays for movies like The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer (for which he won an Academy Award For Original Screenplay), You’re Never Too Young, Annie Get Your Gun, and Billy Rose’s Jumbo.

Sheldon is known for the most gripping novels. His writing style incorporated a mixture of trickery and twist. His novels are published in 100 countries worldwide and in 56 languages, including Russian, Dutch, Hebrew, Turkish, Korean and Greek, making him the most translated author.

Sheldon attended Denver East High School and Northwestern University. He was married to Jorja Curtright for thirty years. She passed away in 1985, following which he married Alexandra Kostoff. Aged 89, Sheldon died from complications arising out of pneumonia in California. Sheldon’s daughter with Jorja, Mary Sheldon, is a writer too.