About the Book

The Doomsday Conspiracy, by Sidney Sheldon, is a suspense-thriller novel, that revolves around American naval personnel, Robert Bellamy, who experiences some mysterious happenings during his investigation around a balloon accident. This special assignment gets the naval officer into a secret service. While the officer tries to find out the story behind the accident, he realizes that his own life is in danger. With a nail-biting mystery, The Doomsday Conspiracy succeeds in keeping the readers glued. Robert is given the assignment to find out a balloon that is declared missing after an accident. The people who were inside the balloon also have to be tracked down, while maintaining the secrecy of the entire mission. As Robert unfolds each layer of this investigation, he gets news of his wife having left him for another man. While he is dealing with this emotional trauma, he finds out that the missing people are being killed one by one, after which he slowly realizes that he himself is being hunted. Who is trying to kill him, why is the entire mission is woven so secretly, and what’s all hidden for Robert to know more are some questions that keep revolving in the readers’ minds with each page turned. The book is full of vivid characters and a fresh plot. This story has proven to be an inspiration to several popular authors to write similar thriller fictional works.

Editorial Reviews

"ANOTHER SPELLBINDER...SHELDON LEADS THE READER, STEP BY STEP, DOWN A PATH OF INTRIGUE. HE IS CLEARLY A MASTER OF SUSPENSE".-- Houston Chronicle

About the Author

Sidney Sheldon

Best known today for his exciting blockbuster novels, Sidney Sheldon is the author of The Best Laid Plans, Nothing Lasts Forever, The Stars Shine Down, The Doomsday Conspiracy, Memories of Midnight, The Sands of Time, Windmills of the Gods, If Tomorrow Comes, Master of the Game, Rage of Angels, Bloodline, A Stranger in the Mirror, and The Other Side of Midnight. Almost all have been number-one international bestsellers. His first book, The Naked Face, was acclaimed by the New York Times as "the best first mystery of the year" and received an Edgar Award. Most of his novels have become major feature films or TV miniseries, and there are more than 275 million copies of his books in print throughout the world.

Before he became a novelist, Sidney Sheldon had already won a Tony Award for Broadway's Redhead and an Academy Award for The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. He has written the screenplays for twenty-three motion pictures, including Easter Parade (with Judy Garland) and Annie Get Your Gun. In addition, he penned six other Broadway hits and created three long-running television series, including Hart to Hart and I Dream of Jeannie, which he also produced. A writer who has delighted millions with his award-winning plays, movies, novels, and television shows, Sidney Sheldon reigns as one.