Code to Zero

Ken Follett

ISBN 10: 0451216725 / ISBN 13: 9780451216724

Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2005

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: En este clásico thriller de la Guerra Fría, el autor Ken Follett, pone su propio toque electrizante en la carrera espacial entre Estados Unidos y la Unión Soviética. Un hombre se despierta aterrorizado, sufriendo amnesia y sin idea de quién es ni de cómo llegó a unos baños públicos. Al encontrar un periódico, descubre que es el 29 de enero de 1958, y la noticia principal es el tercer intento de lanzar el Explorer, el primer satélite espacial estadounidense. Si el lanzamiento falla, la URSS dominará la carrera espacial. Luke se embarca en una búsqueda para descubrir su identidad, dándose cuenta de que su situación está ligada a relaciones de la universidad, donde formó parte de un grupo de cuatro unidos sentimentalmente, pero en bandos opuestos de la Guerra Fría. Las relaciones de amor y odio entre ellos determinarán sus decisiones en un duelo a vida o muerte, mientras la cuenta atrás en Cabo Cañaveral ya ha comenzado. EAN: 9780451216724 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Ciencia Ficción Título: Code to Zero Autor: Ken Follett Editorial: Penguin Publishing Group Idioma: en Páginas: 384 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Code to Zero
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451216725
• ISBN 13: 9780451216724
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Muy bueno

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Synopsis

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, 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. . . .

About the Author

Ken Follett is one of the world's best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follett's first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War.

In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since become the author's most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah's Book Club pick.

Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide.

Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.