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It's early in 1958. Reeling from the Soviet Union's Sputnik
success, the United States struggles desperately to catch up. Thus far,
those efforts have resulted in a series of spectacular failures. Now the
hopes of a nation, and the future of the U.S. space program, hinge on
the successful launch of Explorer I, scheduled to lift off on January 29th.
The odds against a successful launch, however, are even more formidable
than anyone anticipated. Technical obstacles were to be expected.
Internal problems were not. A Soviet mole, his role until now limited to
passing American technology to Moscow, has been instructed to sabotage
the launch.
With the future of the free world at stake, only one man can foil the
Soviet plan. Unfortunately, with only two days until launch, he doesn't
even know about it. That man, you see, has just awakened in a
Washington, D.C., subway station, smelling of alcohol -- apparently one
of the numerous homeless who have found shelter there. He can't remember
who he is or how he got there. Armed with only a single clue -- a
fellow traveler addresses him as "Luke" -- he begins a perilous search
for his identity, a search that ultimately leads him into direct
conflict with a Soviet spy network intent on preventing U.S. entry into
space.
Fueled by this intriguing premise, Code to Zero hurtles to its surprising climax with blinding speed, taking readers for a hair-raising ride. |
Signed
Clive Cussler
