Sidney Sheldon

The Sky is Falling


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      SIDNEY SHELDON

      

      THE SKY IS FALLING

      

      

Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000

      Copyright © The Sidney Sheldon Family Limited Partnership 2000

      Sidney Sheldon asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780007101887

      Ebook Edition © JUNE 2012 ISBN: 9780007386840 Version: 2017-01-09

       For Alexandra The Angel On My Shoulder

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-one

       Chapter Twenty-two

       Chapter Twenty-three

       Chapter Twenty-four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Chapter Twenty-six

       Author’s Note

       Books by Sidney Sheldon

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

      The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

      –Chicken Little

      

      Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

      –F. Scott Fitzgerald

       Prologue

      CONFIDENTIAL MINUTES TO ALL OPERATION PERSONNEL: DESTROY IMMEDIATELY AFTER READING.

      LOCATION: CLASSIFIED

      DATE: CLASSIFIED

      There were twelve men in the heavily guarded underground chamber, representing twelve far-flung countries. They were seated in comfortable chairs set in six rows, several feet apart. They listened intently as the speaker addressed them.

      ‘I am happy to inform you that the threat with which we have all been so deeply concerned is about to be eliminated. I need not go into details