If you're a Russian spy and I'm a Russian spy, then who's flying this plane? (Statistically, also a Russian spy.)

Excellent book!

A nice plot line to keep you engaged and reading. Took me about 75% of the way through to figure out what was going on but still some surprises watching everything come together! Really love that this whole story was created off of a historical fact of the satellite launch… maybe it really did happen…??

It’s been years since I’ve read one of his books and absolutely loved it! Can’t wait to read another one very soon!

I'd give this novel a 3.5 rating. Full of suspense and intrique, but I found it unbelievable that the female characters, Elspeth and Billie, could pull off what they did.

It absolutely kept my attention the entire time. I loved the set up and execution of the story and did not expect the ending at all. Though the sex scenes were a little awk, and some decisions by characters were frankly stupid, I enjoyed the bluntness of Follett's tone throughout the novel. It added to the confusion and unreliability of the narration, since everything was presented as fact, when obviously it was not. I'd give it a 4.5 rating as I thoroughly enjoyed the mystery.

Първо съприкосновение с творчеството на Фолет. Допадна ми – може би заради темата и времето – толкова романтично, толкова знаково – поне за мен, за моето поколение. Време, в което надеждите на хората, пламъкът в техните очи още не бяха угаснали. Копнежът по един по-хубав утрешен свят, за който си заслужава човек да се бори и дори да се жертва. Днес всичко ми се струва някак лишено от очарование и блясък, от по-дълбок смисъл. Консуматорското общество се постара да не остави след себе си живи мечтатели. Ако пък все още тук-там се откриват такива, техните мечти обикновено са твърде дребни, прозаични. А едно време човечеството мечтаеше да покори, ако не самите звезди, то поне най-близките ни планети в Слънчевата система! Боже, какви времена! Този прекрасен в наивността си човешки стремеж! Тази способност да се мечтае! Е, това се случва в историята само веднъж. Остава утехата, че, ако не друго, поне сме станали свидетели на всичко това.

A friend gave me The Pillars of the Earth to read a few months ago, and I absolutely loved it! Since then I have read 3 more of Follet's books and I would like to read more. Pillars is still my favorite of his so far, but I did like this book. Code to Zero is completely different though.

Luke wakes up one morning to discover that he is sleeping on the floor of a bathroom in a railway station and he does not remember anything thing - not even his name! As the day unravels Luke discovers more facts about himself and learns that he is not a drunken bum but a rocket scientist! Slowly he begins to learn the truth that he has designed the rocket that the US is going to put into space in a few hours and there is a conspiracy by his wife and college friend to blow it up after blast-off. Luke must work hard in spite of his amnesia in order to save the rocket!

The only thing that bothered me about this book was all of the talk about communism. We learn that Luke's friend, Anthony and his wife, Elspeth are working for the Soviet Union as spies and have jobs working for the CIA and NASA. (Yes - it is a little far-fetched but it works in the story.) It really bothered me that two American citizens would sacrifice everything for the country they were born and raised in for a foreign country with opposing views. At the end of the book Anthony and Elspeth have to escape to the Soviet Union because of their treachery to the US. I guess this is a fitting punishment because we know today that communism didn't work. Also, I visited Russia about 8 years ago and I was shocked by the poverty of this country and the condition these people had to endure at the hands of their government! Good riddance to Anthony and Elspeth!

This is a perfect, gripping and fun, spring/summer read.

To be given 5 stars, it should be a little less naive, but it doesn't bother me to enjoy the book.

Mira que siempre ronda la misma temática, pero es que es una apuesta segura. Entretenido, engancha y no demasiado largo.

A Ken Follett thriller. As usual the plot was good. I always trust Follett when it comes to plot. But I felt the book was short but that's to be expected since the story spans for two days. It had a lot of scientific terms which showed the writer did his research. That is appreciated always. I liked this book. It was good, fun and quick to read. If you'd like that then definitely read it.

Me mantuvo en vilo desde el segundo capítulo hasta el fin. Muy bueno.