Code to Zero
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| Author | Ken Follett |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (paperback and hardcover) |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 0-333-78076-0 |
| OCLC | 46332093 |
Code to Zero is a novel by the British author Ken Follett, published by Pan Macmillan. The story follows Luke, an amnesic who spends the duration of the book learning of his life, and slowly uncovering secrets of a conspiracy to hold America back in the space race.
It is set out in both chapters and parts. There are five parts to the book, and an unspecified number of chapters which are titled by the time of day they are set, rather than the more common numbering system.
A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped bare of all recollection. He has no idea how he got there; he does not even know his own name. Convinced he is a drunken down and out, it isn’t until a newspaper report about a satellite launch catches his eye that he suspects all is not what it seems… The year is 1958, and America is about to launch its first satellite in a desperate attempt to match the Soviet Sputnik and regain the lead in the space race. As Luke Lucas gradually unravels the mystery of his amnesia, he realizes that his fate is bound up with that of the rocket that stands ready on launch pad 26B at Cape Canaveral. And as he relearns the story of his life, he uncovers long-kept secrets about his wife, his best friend and the woman he once loved more than life itself… Code to Zero deals with one of the most ruthlessly contested arenas of the Cold War. Deceit and betrayal, love and trust interweave at the most political and personal levels, while the spectre of mind-control hovers constantly above. Each second brings destruction.
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