MASTER OF THE GAME

Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world.She is an enigma‚ a woman surrounded by a thousand unansweredquestions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyondhis wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaanermerchant. Her conception was itself an act of hate−filled vengeance. At the extravagent celebrations of her ninetieth birthday‚ thereare toasts from a Supreme Court Judge and a telegram from the White House.And for Kate there are ghosts‚ ghosts of absent friends and ofenemies. Ghosts from a life of blackmail and murder. Ghosts from an empirespawned by naked ambition... Sidney Sheldon is one of the most popularstorytellers in the world. This is one of his best−lovednovels‚ a compulsively readable thriller‚ packed withsuspense‚ intrigue and passion. It will recruit a new generation offans to his writing.