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This thriller really is about rocket science--the space race between the Americans and the Russians in 1958. Scientist Claude Lucas uncovers a plot by the Russians to destroy Explorer 1, set to launch from Cape Canaveral. Key to plot is a group of Lucas' friends from his Harvard days, all of whom are or have been involved in espionage. Lucas needs to figure out which of his friends might be the traitor. 358 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Richard Hasselberger.
Code to Zero
Follett, Ken
New York: Dutton, 2000.
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Taking a short cut home one night, Harald Olufsen finds his way blocked by an extensive fenced enclosure he hadn't known was there. The buldings and equipment inside the fence are also unusual. Being a student of physics, he realizes he's found a German radar installation. He also knows he has to report it to someone, but doesn't know who. And how. Living on a Nazi-occupied island doesn't offer many options. Harald's only hope is a broken-down Hornet Moth airplane. Harald and his friend Karen secretly try to make the airplane air-worthy again. Will they succeed? Based on real events. 420 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Richard Hasselberger.
Hornet Flight
Follett, Ken
New York: Dutton, 2002.
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Felicity "Flick" Clairet is a French Resistance fighter. After an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the Germans' communications system just before D-Day, Flick must and a group of women, code-named the Jackdaws, try to infiltrate the German communication headquarters. As D-Day approaces, the tension rises, and the stakes are life and death. 455 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Richard Hasselberger.
Jackdaws
Follett, Ken
New York: Dutton, 2001.
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Maps on endpapers. Pan American Airlines' Flying Clipper is the most luxurious airplane ever built. A few days after Britain declared war on Germany in 1939, the Clipper left England for its last trans-Atlantic flight. The passengers were all wealthy, some were eccentric, but all had their own agendas. In a flight that lasted over 24 hours, tensions were sure to rise. 400 pp. 9 13/8" X 6 1/4". Jacket illustration by George Sharpe.
Night Over Water
Follett, Ken
New York: William Morrow, 1991.
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A Christmas Eve blizzard adds suspense to this tale of deadly viruses and the theft of the only drug known to combat it from the Scottish research lab where it was stored. The lab's security director, former police officer Toni Gallo, is in a race to recover the drug before disaster strikes. 374 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Richard Hasselberger.
Whiteout
Follett, Ken
New York: E. P. Dutton, 2004.
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