Fiction.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:In this classic Cold War thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett puts his own electrifying twist on the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. As the clock counts down to a shocking climax, "Code to Zero's split-second suspense proves that . . . [Follett is] still a hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly). January, 1958â??the darkest hour of the Cold War and the early dawn of the space race. On the launch pad at Cape Canaveral sits Americaâ??s best hope to catch up with the Russians: the Explorer I satellite. But at the last moment, the launch is delayed due to weather, even though everyone can see it is a perfectly sunny day.
The real reason for the delay rests deep in the mind of a NASA scientist who has awoken that morning to find his memory completely erased. Knowing only that heâ??s being followed and watched at every turn, he must find the clues to his own identity before he can discover who is responsible. But even more terrible is the dark secret that they want him to forget. A secret that can destroy the Explorer Iâ??and Americaâ??s future. . . .
Praise for Code to Zero:
"This spy thriller is Follett at his best." â??People
"Starts off fast and never slows down. . . . Follett creates a rousing story that never flags." â??Chicago Tribune
"Gripping." â??The New York Times
"Flawlessly plotted, tautly told, and suspenseful." â??Minneapolis Star Tribune
A very good and fast read. I loved the setting and the characters were interesting. It's amazing how much better this was than another rocket sabotage book that I read recently by Tom Clancy. Where that one was full of extraneous characters and extra locations and techno-babble, this book was streamlined and arrow sharp. I almost gave it less than a four-star rating due to the blandness of the prose and the somewhat predictable plot. However, the author managed to inject tension in every page and keep everything real, creating a definitely recommendable read. ( )
An excellent gripping story about a man wakes up in a train station to find he has lost his memory. The journey as he pieces together his past is well written and an enjoyable easy read. ( )
This is the first of Follett's books I've ever read, and I wasn't too impressed. I've read many books that were set in the past, but for some reason this one seemed to be dated to me, and I'm not sure why. I also kinda caught on about three quarters of the way through, which usually doesn't happen to me, because I usually like to let the book dictate what happens, instead of trying to figure it out, but this one just clicked. All in all, it was a good, Interesting story. A fun little spy novel, but nothing really more than that. ( )
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HISTORICAL NOTE: The launch of the first American space satellite, Explorer I, was originally scheduled for Wednesday, January 29, 1958. Late that evening, it was postponed to the following day. The reason given was the weather. Observers at Cape Canaveral were puzzled: it was a perfect sunny Florida day. But the Army said that a high-altitude wind called the jet stream was unfavorable. The next night, there was another postponement, and the same reason was given. The launch was finally attempted on Friday, January 31.
From its beginning in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency... has spent millions of dollars on a major problem of research to find drugs and other esoteric methods to bring ordinary people, willing and unwilling alike, under complete control - to act, to talk, to reveal the most precious secrets, even to forget on command.
- John Marks, The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate": The CIA and Mind Control, 1979
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The Jupiter C missile stands on the launch pad at Complex 26, Cape Canaveral.
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On March 31, 1970, it finally reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean near Easter Island, and burned up at 5:47 A.M., having circled the earth 58,376 times and travelled a total of 1.66 billion miles. Â
Fiction.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:In this classic Cold War thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett puts his own electrifying twist on the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. As the clock counts down to a shocking climax, "Code to Zero's split-second suspense proves that . . . [Follett is] still a hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly). January, 1958â??the darkest hour of the Cold War and the early dawn of the space race. On the launch pad at Cape Canaveral sits Americaâ??s best hope to catch up with the Russians: the Explorer I satellite. But at the last moment, the launch is delayed due to weather, even though everyone can see it is a perfectly sunny day.
The real reason for the delay rests deep in the mind of a NASA scientist who has awoken that morning to find his memory completely erased. Knowing only that heâ??s being followed and watched at every turn, he must find the clues to his own identity before he can discover who is responsible. But even more terrible is the dark secret that they want him to forget. A secret that can destroy the Explorer Iâ??and Americaâ??s future. . . .
Praise for Code to Zero:
"This spy thriller is Follett at his best." â??People
"Starts off fast and never slows down. . . . Follett creates a rousing story that never flags." â??Chicago Tribune
"Gripping." â??The New York Times
"Flawlessly plotted, tautly told, and suspenseful." â??Minneapolis Star Tribune
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