About the author: Each of Sheldon's books hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and have been distributed in more than 180 countries in 51 languages. These include Russian, Turkish, Hungarian, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, Korean, Hebrew, Greek and Indonesian. Sheldon was one of the few major authors to have most of his novels filmed as major motion pictures or blockbuster miniseries for television. A master storyteller, Sheldon regarded his becoming a writer as something of a miracle. "I was born in Chicago during the Depression and both my parents were third grade drop-outs," he recalled. "My father never read a book in his life and I was the only one in the family to complete high school." A national spokesperson for the Freedom to Read Foundation, Sheldon Sheldon also launched student newspapers at Erasmus Hall, a Brooklyn high school, and Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx. He was a major contributor to and active participant in charities related to literacy and helping the homeless. He was also the past National Spokesman for Libraries For the Future. Sidney Sheldon passed away on January 30, 2007. His wife, Alexandra, was by his side.
Commander Robert Bellamy answers the phone in the middle of the night and is ordered to report to General Hilliard at National Security Agency Headquarters at Fort Meade, at 0600 hours.
Bellamy’s first thought as he hung up the phone was what could NSA want with him?
He was assigned to ONI The Office of Naval Intelligence.
After hurrying through his morning routine Robert Bellamy got into his car and drove to NSA Headquarters. Showing his identification at every stop, he negotiated a labyrinth of guards and gates before arriving at the office of General Mark Hilliard, Deputy Director of the NSA. Amenities were short and terse. Orders were already in place for Commander Bellamy to be transferred on temporary assignment from Naval Intelligence to NSA.
The problem was an international incident that seemed to be spinning out of control. A NATO weather balloon had crashed in the Swiss Alps carrying sensitive and secrete military equipment. The incident had to be kept under wraps. There were witnesses to the accident and they all had to be warned not to discuss what they saw. Commander Bellamy was to track them down and identify the witnesses but not to engage them in conversation. Others would do the debriefing.
Bellamy was given an almost impossible task -- track down an unknown number of unknown witnesses from unknown countries. The possibility of a successful investigation was not good.
And to complicate matters further Bellamy was not to use any of his old contacts or informants. That part of the order was strange but not unprecedented.
He arrived in Switzerland with only one hint of a clue. Back at his NAS briefing he was told that the witnesses had been aboard a bus and were part of a tour group.
Bellamy located the bus tour company involved and the driver. For a large sum of money the driver accompanied Bellamy to the crash site. They found a deflated weather balloon, but the bus driver said that wasn’t what they saw the day before. The driver said it was some kind of a space ship or flying saucer.
Bellamy immediately thought of Roswell, New Mexico and UFO’s. What was the NSA hiding?
The book will lead you on a page turning romp through the Swiss Alps and Europe with Bellamy chasing and identifying witnesses. He eventually realizes that he has become a target and that the UFO theory was only part of a diabolical conspiracy.
Why I find it exciting?
FIRST, the story and the concept that the author has chosen - UFOs i.e unidentified flying objects. This is perhaps the most enigmatic and thrilling concept in the world and the only others being Bermuda Triangle and ghosts!!
The story is about an international cover up against all the information regarding UFOs and aliens by at least half a dozen international government, who have secret organizations in the government Spy departments, Organizations under organizations trying to cover up all the facts regarding UFOs.
SECOND, Commander Robert Bellamy, the spy who searches the witnesses to a UFO crash and the most important officer of the US Navy department was also ordered to be terminated and then he stared the chase for his life trying to hide anywhere and everywhere but finally he was able to unveil the international cover up.
THIRD, the story and plot of novel are very fast, exciting and full of spine chilling thrills. Things happen very fast and they cause suspense and thrill in minds of readers and u feel like driving in a high speed sedan. Very thrilling and exciting.
It is a good read, full of excitement, suspense and drama not much of romance this time though but that’s all right.
Give it a shot folks, I am sure you won’t be disappointed.
