Master of the Game (50 page)
My appreciation goes to Miss Geraldine Hunter for her endless patience and assistance in preparing this manuscript.
Novelist and screenwriter
SIDNEY SHELDON
remains one of the world’s top bestselling authors. His books have sold more than 300 million copies and have been published in dozens of languages—
Guinness World Records
heralds him as one of the most translated authors in the world. He is also the only writer to have won an Oscar, a Tony, and an Edgar award.
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“When it comes to concocting plots full of twists, Sheldon has no peers.”
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“Sheldon hypnotizes the reader as he brings distinctive characters alive.”
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“The master of the storytelling genre.”
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People
“Sheldon still has the knack for creating characters and a story that readers care about.”
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“A storyteller for readers who like to be entertained.”
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Pittsburgh Press
“A master teller of tales, a wizard of words who casts an uncanny spell over his readers.”
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
The Best Laid Plans
Bloodline
The Doomsday Conspiracy
If Tomorrow Comes
Master of the Game
Memories of Midnight
Morning, Noon & Night
The Naked Face
Nothing Lasts Forever
The Other Side of Midnight
Rage of Angels
The Sands of Time
The Sky is Falling
The Stars Shine Down
A Stranger in the Mirror
Tell Me Your Dreams
Windmills of the Gods
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 1982 by The Sidney Sheldon Family Limited Partnership
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EPub Edition © APRIL 2010 ISBN 978-0-062-01558-7
First Paperback Printing: August 1983
Reissued: July 2001, June 2005
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