SIDNEY SHELDON
THE SANDS OF TIME
To Frances Gordon, with love.
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Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the Sands of Time.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
Pamplona, Spain 1976
If the plan goes wrong, we will all die. He went over it again in his mind for the last time, probing, testing, searching for flaws. He could find none. The plan was daring, and it called for careful, split-second timing. If it worked, it would be a spectacular feat, worthy of the great El Cid. If it failed …
Well, the time for worrying is past, Jaime Miró thought philosophically. It’s time for action.
Jaime Miró was a