"The Sky Is Falling"
I read "The Sky Is Falling" by Sidney Sheldon, following divine guidance, whether you believe or not.
Besides helter-skelter of the story, there are two noteworthy points.
American readers apparently love to find evil in prominent figures such as a senator, an ambassador, or super-rich people.
American readers apparently love to see and discover goodness in a female professional such as a master of TV ceremonies or a model (maybe as a reaction to various troubled ladies recently focused on in a US TV interview show).
Anyway it was a moral play, after all.
The wife of Sidney Sheldon reportedly said to her husband that he was a genius.
Any writer would be happy to here such admiration even from his own wife.
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Another underlying point of the story is Russia.
In the story, Russians were secretly selling dangerous weapons, including Plutonium.
But, it was written before the War on Terror and the sharp increase in oil prices.
Taking into consideration various bloody incidents concerning Russian politics and economy, the story might be hitting a point.
According to certain statistics:
No. ...... Country ...... Oil Reserves Share in the World
1 .......... Saudi Arabia ..........22.9%
2 .......... Russia ....................14.0%
3 .......... Iraq .........................8.2%
4 .......... Iran .........................8.2%
5 ...United Arab Emirates .......6.0%
6 .......... Kuwait .................... 5.7%
7 .......... USA ........................ 3.3%
Islamic countries are important for coming decades when oil reserves will be more valuable.
But, we have also Russia as a key country in this context.
The story reminded me of this concern.
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If the sky is falling, it will not harm you so long as you have faith.
People love goodness.
We have still oil reserves.
You had better believe in God.
"'BUT I AM ONE BY BIRTH,' PAUL ANSWERED"