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Master of the Game

By: Sidney Sheldon
Narrated by: Shannon Engemann
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Kate Blackwell is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned, she is also a survivor as indomitable as her father, who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the hard South African soil. Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated and loved; the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil - her winnings in life. Is she the master of the game?

Sidney Sheldon was a masterful storyteller, who during his lifetime penned over 200 television scripts, 25 major motion pictures, six Broadway plays, and 17 novels, including The Naked Face, The Other Side of Midnight, The Sands of Time, Memories of Midnight, and The Stars Shine Down, together selling over 300 million copies, making him one of the world's most prolific authors.

©1982 Sheldon Literary Trust (P)2009, 2016 Phoenix Books

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"A master storyteller at the top of the game." ( USA Today)

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Poor remaster

My favorite book. Read a dozen times. This audio butchered it. Sentences ran into each other and pauses in wrong places. Poorly remastered

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great book

I have read this book twice, and now I have enjoyed it here. I adore this author.

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Story was great but narration was not enjoyable

The book itself was very good and entertaining, but as other people have said, I did not enjoy the narrator. I ended up, slowing down the book a bit because the narrator spoke so fast. It was almost like run-on sentences. In addition, the random pauses were confusing at times. At first, I thought the pauses were at the end of a chapter but then I realized it was happening in the middle of sentences as well. I plan to recommend the book but not the audio version to others. I hope there are plans to re-record this with somebody else in the future.

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Bravo! Sidney does it again

once again another home run for the king of story telling. bring on the next novel

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Never disappoints

loved it, great story line and character formation. I was in a constant rollercoaster. Hard to stop listening to.

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Great story! Poor delivery

Overall a poor job of reading and editing. Did not do this intriguing story justice.

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great book!!!!!

one of the best books I've read!!!! u wont regret this book if u get it

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Great Book

It was one of the best books that I read in a long time. I could not put it down.

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Entertaining

This was on our list because we very much enjoyed the mini series from several years ago. We were not disappointed, and even though it does get a little predictable, we were just looking for entertainment for a long drive.

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Outstanding

This is potentially the best book I've ever read 3 times. The author has excellent character descriptions. The story line excited me many times. Rest in paradise Sidney Sheldon.

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