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Violence
Some
Cold War intelligence violence; the threat of sabotage; confrontation
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; the protagonist reconstructs his past relationships
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; the protagonist's memory gap includes substance context
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong; the amnesia as a narrative device that lets the reader discover along with the protagonist; the early space race as historical backdrop
What this book is about
Ken Follett's Cold War thriller: Luke, an amnesiac waking up in a Washington DC train station, gradually pieces together who he is — while the mystery of why he has no memory leads him to the space race and a security operation that may sabotage the US's first satellite launch. Follett's amnesia thriller is more formally experimental than his usual espionage work.
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