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Code to Zero

Code to Zero

Science FictionSuspense
Pages
496
Published
2000
Language
English

Synopsis

A man wakes up with no memory, disoriented in a public restroom. He soon discovers it's January 29, 1958, and the US is on the verge of launching its first satellite. His amnesia seems tied to his past at Harvard, where intense relationships with two men and two women put them on opposing sides of the Cold War. Now, their youthful entanglements will dictate a high-stakes confrontation as the space race countdown begins.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

TenseMysteriousThought-ProvokingAtmospheric
Fish Out of WaterSecret Identity

Genres

Science Fiction Suspense Thriller Time Travel Biography Espionage Historical Fiction Spy Adventure

About the author

K
Ken Follett

Ken Follett is a Welsh author of thriller and historical fiction. Born in Cardiff in 1949, he worked as a newspaper reporter and then in publishing before his breakthrough as a novelist with the spy thriller Eye of the Needle (1978). He is best known for the Kingsbridge series, which began with The Pillars of the Earth (1989), and for the Century Trilogy (Fall of Giants, Winter of the World, Edge of Eternity). His books have sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide in more than 80 countries and...

Characters

LukeProtagonist
Unknown ProtagonistProtagonist
All characters in Code to Zero