Not even her children or grandchildren are immune to her tactics. She manipulates the people she has known all her life to keep her company, Kruger-Brent, running.

The readers aren’t always privy to her intentions and this adds another thrill of discovery when something is revealed.Īnother chilling aspect of Kate’s personality is that she doesn’t let love control her she is single-mindedly committed to her one and only goal. Kate’s unusual behavior as a child, which she carries into her adulthood, serves as a great background to the ladder she climbs to expand the empire her father left behind. The success story doesn’t end with the demise of Kate’s father it is merely the beginning. In fact, the thrill begins even before the protagonist is born. Over the course of the book, the readers are taken on a memorable journey. It was his efforts that made their names synonymous with power. The protagonist reminisces about her life and remembers her father, whose struggle kick-started the family business. WHAT WE LIKED ABOUT MASTER OF THE GAME (CONTAINS SPOILERS) On her ninetieth birthday, she looks back on the life she has lived and contemplates how to leave behind the legacy she has spent her entire life building. Yet she is celebrated as a woman of elegance and great beauty. His gripping tale of struggle and triumph serves as an inspiration for Kate to follow in his footsteps, resulting in a life motivated by hunger for more power.Īll her life, she has been neck-deep in deceit and manipulation. The story sees Kate’s father pursuing the diamond rush in Africa to get rich. The protagonist, Kate, has inherited not only her father’s thriving business but also his ambition. Master Of The Game is a book about ambition and family legacy. Sheldon breathed his last in 2007, though his legacy continues to inspire budding and seasoned writers alike the world over. It is for this reason that many regard him as one of the greatest thriller writers of all time. His books have a dramatic flair to them, often ending in big, unexpected twists. It was only after turning fifty did he start writing his present-day classics like The Naked Face, Stranger in the Mirror and If Tomorrow Comes. In fact, at the age of twenty-one, Sheldon won an Oscar for writing the critically acclaimed comedy, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. He also wrote scripts for movies and television. Sheldon had started his writing career with Broadway plays. Sidneey Sheldon was an author most famously known for his crime and thriller novels.

Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon