Code To Zero

Picked this up to read on a flight. It was pretty bad, as others have mentioned. Other than being absolutely predictable and following a worn-out pattern, there was nothing spectacular about any of it. There are also a number of leaps that do not follow from the previous text. On one hand, the guy lost his memory. On the other, he remembers too many details in regards to the launch. The only...more

Picked this up to read on a flight. It was pretty bad, as others have mentioned. Other than being absolutely predictable and following a worn-out pattern, there was nothing spectacular about any of it. There are also a number of leaps that do not follow from the previous text. On one hand, the guy lost his memory. On the other, he remembers too many details in regards to the launch. The only positive thing I can say about it is that it seems to have been well researched as to location and the author did occasionally use language that was appropriate to the time (e.g., the hotel had a "space rocket" on top). Final opinion: This book is simply not worth the read. Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum's novels run circles around this.   hide

US, Cold war. A man wakes up in some pub's toilets, he's got a hangover and doesn't remember what he did and is not sure who he is, but what he knows is that he's being followed. Little by lilttle he manages to deduce that he is a NASA scientist. Why can't he remember anything ? Meanwhile, the NASA failed to launch its satellite Explorer I. It is the last chance to catch up with the Russians. Why...more

US, Cold war. A man wakes up in some pub's toilets, he's got a hangover and doesn't remember what he did and is not sure who he is, but what he knows is that he's being followed. Little by lilttle he manages to deduce that he is a NASA scientist. Why can't he remember anything ? Meanwhile, the NASA failed to launch its satellite Explorer I. It is the last chance to catch up with the Russians. Why did the launch delayed ? Are his lost memories somehow too dangerous ? Thrilling fiction, Follet manages once more to combine suspense and authenticity of the historical atmosphere.    hide

A tramp wakes up a morning with amnesia.Alcohol seems responsible for this poor man's condition. However something does not seem quite right when, he discovers that he has advance knowledge in astrophysics. Could his amnesia be linked to the upcoming launching of the American rocket? One of the best spy novel i have ever read, well written and very realistic.

good book with an interesting plot without being too technical. it is just like the bourne identity... but that's okay, i loved that story.