In this classic Cold War thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett puts his own electrifying twist on the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. As the clock counts down to a shocking climax, -Code to Zero's split-second suspense proves that . . . Follett is] still a hell of a storyteller- (Entertainment Weekly). January, 1958--the darkest hour of the Cold War and the early dawn of the space race. On the launch pad at Cape Canaveral sits America's best hope to catch up with the Russians: the Explorer I satellite. But...
In this classic Cold War thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett puts his own electrifying twist on the space race betwee...
#1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Book Club Selection If you liked the Century Trilogy, you'll love the "extraordinary . . . monumental masterpiece" (Booklist) that changed the course of Ken Follett's already phenomenal career. "Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner," extolled Publishers Weekly on the release of The Pillars of the Earth. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, the historical epic stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity. Today, it stands as a testament to Follett's...
#1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Book Club Selection If you liked the Century Trilogy, you'll love the "extraordinary . . . monu...
Ken Follett and the intrigue of World War II---a winning formula- (Entertainment Weekly) if ever there was one. With his riveting prose and unerring instinct for suspense, the #1 New York Times bestselling author takes to the skies over Europe during the early days of the war in a most extraordinary novel. . . . It is June 1941, and the war is not going well for England. Somehow, the Germans are anticipating the RAF's flight paths and shooting down British bombers with impunity. Meanwhile, across the North Sea, eighteen-year-old Harald Olufsen takes a shortcut on the...
Ken Follett and the intrigue of World War II---a winning formula- (Entertainment Weekly) if ever there was one. With his riveting prose and ...
In 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. Critics were overwhelmed--"it will hold you, fascinate you, surround you" (Chicago Tribune)--and readers everywhere hoped for a sequel. World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was...
#1 New York Times Bestseller
In 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweepi...
"Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best." --The Philadelphia Inquirer"A hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly), #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett reinvents the thriller with each new novel. But nothing matches the intricate knife-edge drama of Whiteout. . . . A missing canister of a deadly virus. A lab technician bleeding from the eyes. Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems, but she has no idea of the nightmare to come. As a Christmas Eve blizzard...
"Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best." --The Philadelphia Inquirer"A hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly<...
On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest, they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will b
On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius ...
Der israelische Geheimdienst kommt dahinter, da gypten die Atombombe entwickelt - eine tdliche Bedrohung fr das eigene Land, das zwar selbst solche Waffen herstellen knnte, wenn ihm nicht das Wichtigste fehlte: Uran.Daraufhin erhlt Nat Dickstein, Topagent der Israelis, den Auftrag, ein paar hundert Tonnen Uran zu stehlen, ohne da jemand diesen einzigartigen Diebstahl bemerkt. Die Chancen, da ein solcher Coup gelingt, sind fast gleich Null.
Der israelische Geheimdienst kommt dahinter, da gypten die Atombombe entwickelt - eine tdliche Bedrohung fr das eigene Land, das zwar selbst solche Wa...
§Sommer 1942. Rommels Armee rückt auf Kairo vor. Die Strategie des Wüstenfuchses scheint unschlagbar. Seine Geheimwaffe: der Meisterspion Wolff in Kairo. Wolffs Auftrag: Die Pläne der Engländer auszukundschaften§und sie Rommel verschlüsselt zu übermitteln. Als Schlüssel dient ihm Daphne du Mauriers weltberühmter Roman "Rebecca". Doch die andere Seite ist nicht untätig. Während die deutschen Truppen unaufhaltsam§vorstoßen, beginnt in den nächtlichen Straßen Kairos eine tödliche Verfolgungsjagd. Erst in der gnadenlosen Glut der Sahara entscheiden sich das Schicksal der beiden...
§Sommer 1942. Rommels Armee rückt auf Kairo vor. Die Strategie des Wüstenfuchses scheint unschlagbar. Seine Geheimwaffe: der Meisterspion Wolff in ...
§London, 1914: Über Europa ziehen dunkle Wolken auf. Fürst Orlow verhandelt im Auftrag des Zaren mit den Briten über eine Militärallianz gegen Deutschland. Felix Kschessinsky, jahrelang in zaristischen§Lagern gefangen, weiß von der Mission. Sein Fazit: Orlow muß sterben. Sein Mordplan scheint zu glücken. Doch ehe Felix sein Opfer erreicht, hört er den Schrei einer Frau: Lydia - vor 19 Jahren in St. Petersburg§war sie seine Geliebte ... "Historie als Stoff, aus dem die Bestseller sind: Ken Follett langte knapp 70 Jahre zurück, um authentische Mosaiksteinchen zu einem fulminanten...
§London, 1914: Über Europa ziehen dunkle Wolken auf. Fürst Orlow verhandelt im Auftrag des Zaren mit den Briten über eine Militärallianz gegen De...
Ken Follett's magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man's world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson's White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a...
Ken Follett's magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Ru...
