Code to zero - Ken Follett

Three days that could change the world's political landscape...

A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his memory gone. Convinced he is a drunken down-and-out, it isn't until a newspaper report about a satellite launch catches his eye that he begins to suspect all is not what it seems...

The year is 1958, and America is about to launch its first satellite, in a desperate attempt to regain the lead in the space race. As Luke Lucas unravels the mystery of his amnesia, he realizes that his fate is bound up with that of the rocket that stands ready on launch pad 26B at Cape Canaveral. And as he relearns the story of his life, he uncovers long-kept secrets about his wife, his best friend and the woman he once loved more than life itself...

Code to Zero, from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth and The Third Twin, deals with one of the most ruthlessly contested arenas of the Cold War. Where each second brings destruction closer...