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Book Review of Code to Zero (Audio Cassette) (Abridged)

Code to Zero (Audio Cassette) (Abridged)
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A man wakes to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station. He does not remember how he got there. He has forgotten where he lives. He cannot even remember his own name.

o begins Code to Zero, Ken Follett's explosive tale of intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy. It's January 1958 - a dark hour in the cold war and the early dawn of the sapce race. At Cape Canaveral, a countdown has begun. On launch pad 26B sits Explorer I - American's best hope to match the Soviet Sputnik and take the lead in the contest for the skies above.

As Luke Lucas starts to unravel the mystery of his amnesia, his desperate search leads him back to his Harvard friends: to his wife, to his best friend, to the woman he once loved more than life itself... and to the rocket that stands ready at the Cape. For Luke knew something that someone deliberately wanted him to forget, and