The Doomsday Conspiracy Sheldon Incontinues his practice of making most of his characters stereotypes. His hero Commander Robert Bellamy is a young officer who is shot down himself and is severely wounded, after shooting down a record number of enemy jets in Vietnam. His future wife, Head Nurse Susan Ward, nurses him back to health. He goes on to become one of the best intelligence agents in the National Security Agency. Fluent in six languages, he proves himself to be invaluable on many European assignments. The work constantly bothers his conscience and also breaks up his marriage, and he plans to resign after he has completed his current assignment.

Susan Ward first sees Bellamy in a hospital ward in Vietnam, and makes him a special object of dedication. This beautiful blonde is as determined and heroic in her profession as Bellamy is as a naval flyer. She marries...