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| Book Title | Code to Zero |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Author | Ken Follett |
| Publisher | New American Library |
| Published | 2001 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Condition Notes | Vintage mass-market paperback with moderate shelf and reading wear. The front cover shows light rubbing, scratches, edge wear, and several visible creases, particularly along the lower-right corner and outer edge. Corners show some bumping and wear. The cover remains bright, clean-looking, and fully legible with strong color and no major tears visible. Overall, a solid, presentable reading copy. |
| Condition | Good |
January 1958, at the height of the Cold War. America is preparing to launch Explorer I, a satellite that could help the United States regain ground in the rapidly escalating space race with the Soviet Union.
But a man awakens in a Washington railroad station with no memory of who he is or how he got there. As he begins piecing together his identity, he discovers that his amnesia may not have been accidental—and that people are following him.
His search for the truth leads directly toward America’s secret space program and a conspiracy capable of sabotaging the Explorer launch. With the countdown underway, he must recover his past quickly enough to discover who betrayed him, whom he can trust, and what secret someone was desperate enough to erase from his mind.
EugeneBookStore Summary
Code to Zero is classic Ken Follett: a fast Cold War thriller built around espionage, conspiracy, lost memory, and the early American space program.
Follett blends a fictional spy story with the real historical excitement surrounding America’s race to launch Explorer I. The result is a particularly good choice for readers who enjoy historical thrillers where political intrigue and technology are as important as the characters.
Collector Notes
This is the 2001 Signet mass-market paperback edition, ISBN 9780451204530. Listings for this ISBN identify it as a 480-page mass-market edition, although some bibliographic records give 466 pages depending on how pagination is counted. Some booksellers describe this paperback as a first edition/first Signet edition, but it is not the first edition of the novel—the American hardcover was published by Dutton in 2000. This is a common reading edition rather than a scarce collectible, with its main appeal coming from Follett’s popularity and the distinctive early-2000s Signet cover.
