Code to Zero
 

Code to Zero

by Ken Follett

Veteran thriller writer Ken Follett (Eye of the Needle, The Third Twin, The Key to Rebecca) turns in another nifty story of espionage, deceit, and betrayal, a fast-paced read with "bestseller" written all over it. A man wakes up in a Washington, D.C., train station in 1958, shortly before the launch of Explorer I, America's first space satellite, with no idea who he is or how he got... (read more)

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Zot79
  • Rated 4 stars

A very good and fast read. I loved the setting and the characters were interesting. It's amazing how much better this was than another rocket sabotage book that I read recently by Tom Clancy. Where that one was full of extraneous characters and extra locations and techno-babble, this book was streamlined and arrow sharp. I almost gave it less than a four-star rating due to the blandness of the prose and the somewhat predictable plot. However, the author managed to inject tension in every page...

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Gopal R
  • Rated 2 stars

Typical spy thriller of the cold war era.. Good build up, but a floppy ending.

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  • Rated 3.601504 stars
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  • Rated 3.277778 stars
 

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  • anchal c

    anchal c said:

    good book, enjoyed reading it

    posted Thursday, November 1 2007
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