Book description
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 mind stripped bare of all recollection. He has no idea how he got
there. He does not even know his own name. 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 match the Soviet Sputnik and regain the lead in
the space race. As Luke Lucas gradually 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...
Ken Follett was only twenty-seven when he wrote the award-winning
EYE OF THE NEEDLE, which became an international bestseller. His
celebrated PILLARS OF THE EARTH was voted into the top 100 of
Britain's best-loved books in the BBC's the Big Read and the sequel,
WORLD WITHOUT END, will be published in Autumn 2007. He has since
written several equally successful novels including, most recently,
WHITEOUT. He is also the author of non-fiction bestseller ON WINGS OF
EAGLES. He lives with his family in London and Hertfordshire.
