Code to Zero

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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). Look out for Ken's newest book, A Column of Fire, available now. January, 1958—the darkest hour of the Cold War and the early dawn of the space race. On the launch pad at Cape Canaveral sits America’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 he’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 I—and America’s future. . . . Cover......Page 310 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 2 PART ONE......Page 9 5 A.M.......Page 10 6 A.M.......Page 18 1941......Page 21 6.30 A.M.......Page 29 7 A.M.......Page 34 7.30 A.M.......Page 38 8 A.M.......Page 42 1941......Page 48 8.30 A.M.......Page 54 PART TWO......Page 60 9 A.M.......Page 61 10 A.M.......Page 65 11 A.M.......Page 68 12 Noon......Page 74 1941......Page 81 1 P.M.......Page 90 1.30 P.M.......Page 97 2 P.M.......Page 101 2.30 P.M.......Page 106 3 P.M.......Page 111 3.30 P.M.......Page 115 3.45 P.M.......Page 117 PART THREE......Page 121 4.15 P.M.......Page 122 4.45 P.M.......Page 129 5 P.M.......Page 132 6 P.M.......Page 136 1943......Page 139 6.30 P.M.......Page 149 7.30 P.M.......Page 153 8 P.M.......Page 158 8.30 P.M.......Page 162 9.30 P.M.......Page 166 10.30 P.M.......Page 174 11 P.M.......Page 177 12 Midnight......Page 180 PART FOUR......Page 183 1 A.M.......Page 184 1945......Page 193 2.30 A.M.......Page 200 3 A.M.......Page 203 4.30 A.M.......Page 208 6.30 A.M.......Page 212 1954......Page 215 7 A.M.......Page 220 8 A.M.......Page 225 PART FIVE......Page 227 10.45 A.M.......Page 228 11 A.M.......Page 231 12 Noon......Page 236 1 P.M.......Page 238 3 P.M.......Page 241 3.45 P.M.......Page 245 4 P.M.......Page 247 4.30 P.M.......Page 249 7.30 P.M.......Page 254 9.30 P.M.......Page 258 10.29 P.M.......Page 264 11 P.M.......Page 267 12 Midnight......Page 272 1.30 A.M.......Page 276 PART SIX......Page 280 8.30 A.M.......Page 281 4 P.M.......Page 286 8.30 P.M.......Page 292 9.30 P.M.......Page 296 10.48 P.M.......Page 301 E P I L O G U E......Page 306 1969......Page 307 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 309