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Works by
Ken Follett
(Aka Bernard L. Ross, Martin Martinsen, Simon Myles, and
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Capricorn One (1978), based on the
screenplay by Peter Hyams
Capricorn One: the first manned flight to Mars. The
countdown has already begun when the life support system fails so NASA plans
a 30 billion-dollar fraud. The ship blasts off on schedule, but the live
footage of the landing comes from a film set deep in the Arizona desert.
When the capsule burns up on re-entry, NASA is left with three live
astronauts who they want dead fast.
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Amok: King of Legend (1976)
Harry staggered back – the tree had moved. In wave of
horror, he understood what he was seeing. The 'tree' was a huge, fur-covered
leg. He stared up into a huge, distorted, almost-human face. A great paw the
size of an automobile swooped down. He had found the Amok, and the first
thing to do was to get himself and Purity out of danger. But the beast had
vanished. And so had the girl.
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Whiteout (2004)
As a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north,
several people converge on a remote family house. As the storm worsens, the
emotional sparks-jealousies, distrust, sexual attraction, rivalries-crackle,
desperate secrets are revealed, hidden traitors and unexpected heroes
emerge.
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Jackdaws (2001)
In his own bestselling tradition of
Eye of the Needle and
The Key to Rebecca , Ken Follett delivers a breathtaking novel of
suspense set in the most dangerous days of World War II. He once again
strikes Nazi pay dirt as a gang of all-female saboteurs go behind German
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Code to Zero (2000)
At Cape Canaveral, a countdown has begun in January
1958. On launch pad 26B sits Explorer 1, America's best hope to match the
Soviet Sputnik and regain the lead in the race for the skies above. In the
meanwhile, a man wakes to find himself lying on the ground in a railway
station. And until he remembers who he is, he may be left powerless to save
the launch of Explorer--and with it, America's future.-
The Hammer of Eden (1998)
The FBI doesn't believe it. The Governor wants the
problem to disappear. But agent Judy Maddox knows the threat is real: an
extreme group of eco-terrorists has the means and the know-how to set off a
massive earthquake of epic proportions. For California, time is running out.
Now Maddox is scrambling to hunt down a petty criminal turned cult leader
turned homicidal mastermind. Because Judy knows that the dying has already
begun. And soon, the earth will violently shift, bolt, and shake down to its
very core. . . .-
The Third Twin (1996)
Through her research on twins and the genetic
components of aggression, scientist Jeannie Ferrami makes a startling
discovery. Using a restricted FBI database, she finds two young men who
appear to be identical twins: Steve, a law student, and Dennis: a convicted
murderer. Yet they were born on different days, to different mothers, in
hospitals hundreds of miles apart.
As Ferrami delves into their backgrounds, she unwittingly locks horns with
some of the most powerful forces in America, including the university where
she works, The New York Times, even the Pentagon.
What secret has Ferrami uncovered? Can she trust her boss and mentor, or
must she put her life in the hands of Steve Logan, the twin she finds
herself falling in love with--even though he's surrounded by intrigue and
suspicion? But one thing is certain: There are those who will stop at
nothing to keep their chilling conspiracy in the shadows. . . .
Movie (1997) Tom McLoughlin, director with
Jason Gedrick, Kelly McGillis, and Larry Hagman. Also released as
Ken Follett's The Third Twin.
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A Place Called Freedom (1995)
Sentenced to a life of misery in the Scottish coal
mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally:
beautiful high-born Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell.
In 1766, from the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave
ship headed for the American colonies to a sprawling Virginia plantation,
two restless young people, separated by politics and position, are bound by
their search for a place called freedom....
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A Dangerous Fortune (1993)
In 1866, tragedy strikes at the exclusive Windfield
School. A young student drowns in a mysterious accident involving a small
circle of boys. The drowning and its aftermath initiates a spiraling circle
of treachery that will span three decades and entwine many loves... From the
exclusive men's club and brothels that cater to every dark desire of
London's upper classes to the dazzling ballrooms and mahogany-paneled suites
of the manipulators of the world's wealth, Ken Follett conjures up a
stunning array of contrasts. This breathtaking novel portrays a family
splintered by lust, bound by a shared legacy... men and women swept toward a
perilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a boy's death,
must be stopped, or not just one man's dreams, but those of a nation, will
die...
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Night Over Water (1991)
September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany.
In Southampton, the world's most luxurious airliner-the legendary Pan Am
clipper-takes off for its final flight to neutral America. Aboard are the
cream of society and the dregs of humanity, all fleeing the war for reasons
of their own...shadowed by a danger they do not know exists...and heading
straight into a storm of violence, intrigue, and betrayal...
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Lie Down With Lions (1986)
International bestseller set in Afghanistan...
Miniseries (1994) Jim
Goddard, director with Timothy Dalton. Also released as Red Eagle.
VHS
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The Man From St. Petersburg (1982)
His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a
murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons
at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police,
a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself.
These odds would have stopped any man in the world-except the man from St.
Petersburg...
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The Key to Rebecca (1980)
His code name: "The Sphinx." His mission: to send
Rommel's advancing army the secrets that would unlock the doors to
Cairo...and the ultimate Nazi triumph in the war. And in all of Cairo, only
two people could stop this brilliant and ruthless Nazi master agent. One was
a down-on-his-luck English officer no one would listen to. The other was a
young Jewish girl...
Movie (1985) David Hemmings, director with
Anthony Quayle, Cliff Robertson, David Soul, and Season Hubley.
VHS
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Triple (1979)
The world's balance of power is about to shift
dangerously as the ultimate weapon nears completion in a secret facility in
the heart of the desert. Across the globe, operatives from the great nations
set a deadly game in motion, covertly maneuvering pawns and kings to achieve
a frightening advantage—while terrorists and their hunters prepare for the
contest's final bloody moves. And one man—a razor-sharp master of disguise,
deceit, and triple-cross—must somehow do the impossible: steal 200 tons of
uranium without any of the other players discovering the theft.
The clock is ticking. And the price of failure is Apocalypse.
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The Heist of the Century (1978) with Rene Louis Maurice and others
It took Spaggiari two months to hack into the Société Génerale bank in Nice.
Security experts said the bank was impregnable. Spaggiari proved them wrong
to the tune of 30,000,000 francs – the biggest bank job of all time. It was
like a military operation – for months he led his pursuers a merry dance.
When they finally had him at their mercy, he played his final stroke of
genius...
"This book was, and is, a nightmare. But it does
merit some explanation, which you can find
here." --
Ken Follett
Also known as
Under the Streets of Nice
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Eye of the Needle (1978) -
Winner 1979
Edgar Award for
Best Novel
One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest
deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin -- code name: "The
Needle" -- who holds the key to ultimate Nazi victory.
Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated
island, who is beginning to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her
life.
All will come to a terrifying conclusion in Ken Follett's unsurpassed and
unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue, and the dangerous
machinations of the human heart.
Movie (1981) Richard Marquand, director with
Christopher Cazenove, Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Philip Martin Brown,
Stephen MacKenna.
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The Bear Raid (1976)
Industrial super-spy Piers Roper takes on a Wall Street
raid. But who is calling the shots? Leaving the job to sharp young
executive, Clayton, Roper lifts the lid on a savage Mafia scene, is framed
for a brutal murder and is then betrayed by the beautiful Louise. Clayton
reveals a secret Government deal that almost defeats Roper. But Roper is a
winner. The dynamic sequel to
The Shakeout.
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The Shakeout (1975)
Roper is an industrial spy – a brutally ambitious and
effective infiltrator, working for a man known only as "Palmer". He takes on
a rival spy network to manipulate a major takeover. But he finds more than
he bargained for among the bitter politics and infighting. And all his plans
are threatened when one his chosen pawns, a beautiful and clever woman named
Ann, break down his defenses and he falls in love.
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Hornet Flight (2002)
It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England.
Across the North Sea, eighteen-year-old Harald Olufsen takes a shortcut on
the German-occupied Danish island of Sande and discovers an astonishing
sight that will change the momentum of the war. He must get word to
England-except that he has no way to get there. He has only an old derelict
Hornet Moth biplane rusting away in a ruined church: a plane so decrepit
that it is unlikely ever to get off the ground...even if Harald knew how to
fly it.
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Secret of Kellerman's Studio (1976, United Kingdom)
Follett's first children's book.
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The Pillars of the Earth (1989) -- 2007
Oprah Book Club
selection
In 12th-century England, the building of a mighty
Gothic cathedral signals the dawn of a new age. This majestic creation will
bond clergy and kings, knights and peasants together in a story of toil,
faith, ambition and rivalry. Set in twelfth-century England the novel is
centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it
affected. A sweeping tale of the turbulent middle ages, The Pillars of
the Earth is a masterpiece from one of the world's most popular authors.
See also
Pillars of the Almighty
World Without End (2007)
In 1989 Ken Follett astonished the literary world with
The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel
World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two
centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic
cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The
cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate,
greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own.
This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find
themselves at a crossroad of new ideas--about medicine, commerce,
architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways
fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension
quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the
greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race--the Black Death.
Three years in the writing, and nearly eighteen years since its predecessor,
World Without End breathes new life into the epic historical novel and once
again shows that Ken Follett is a masterful author writing at the top of his
craft.
Writing as Simon Myles (Apples
Carstairs Series)
The Big Apple (1974)
Apples loves money and beautiful women – and he has
plenty of both. With his young daughter dying from a heroin overdose, Apples
does not take on the local pusher – that's not his style. He takes on the top
man, Mr Big H and his brutal, multi-million pound drug racket. Apples
encounters violence, sex and intrigue in London and Marseilles in this
knife-edge thriller of relentless revenge... That's his style. Also
known as
The Big Needle (United Kingdom).
The Big Black (1974)
A pornographic photograph of Apples and his lovers; a
blackmail threat to a key Common Market negotiator. Two mysteries leading
Apples, the relentless avenger, through a web of intrigue from Brussels to the
New York empire of power-crazed Joshua Hind, The Big Black. Can the
unstoppable Apples hoodwink his way into the Big Black's 13th floor lair
before the crucial European vote? A pacy sequel to
The Big Needle /
The Big Hit.
The Big Hit (1975, United Kingdom)
Winston Divine is a star – a brilliant, successful
musician. Tycoons fight to manage him; girls and critics love him. So why is
he acting so scared? He rings an old friend, Apples Carstairs, and dies
minutes later. Apples wants to know why – and uncovers a web of bribery,
blackmail and corruption extending throughout the music business. At its
centre is a fat spider. Apples treads on the web. The spider pounces.
An explosive novel of high finance and underworld
villainy from the grand master of international action and suspense. In
one suspenseful, action-packed day, fortunes change hands as the Evening
Post's ambitious young reporter scrambles to crack the story. A suicidal
junior minister, an avaricious tycoon, and a seasoned criminal with his team
of tough "lads" all play their parts in a scheme that moves "paper money"
around at a dizzying pace.
The Modigliani Scandal (1976)
A fabulous "lost masterpiece" becomes the ultimate prize
for an art historian whose ambition consumes everyone around her, an angry
young painter with a plan for revenge on the art establishment, and a
desperate gallery owner who may have double-crossed his own life away...
Ken Follett: The Transformation of a Writer (1999) by Carlos Ramet
In later years, Follett would begin to recognize
that a "secret agent in enemy territory is probably the most reliable of
all scenarios for a novel of suspense," and when he would begin to follow
these more classic British thriller lines, and yet make them resonate with
an American readership, his international success was assured.
Ken Follett: A Critical Companion (1996) by Richard C.
Turner
Ken Follett had the purest of motives when he began writing
fiction: he did it for the money. But after Eye of the Needle catapulted
him to success and secured his reputation as a master of the spy thriller,
he both built on that success with other spy thrillers and experimented
equally successfully with other genres such as the family saga and the
historical romance. This is the first full-length study of his work and it
includes individual examinations of each of his major novels, from
Eye of the Needle (1978) to
A Place Called Freedom (1995), as well as his early novels.
Following a chapter on Follett's life and career, Turner discusses in
depth Follett's early novels and his one nonfiction work,
On Wings of Eagles.
A genre chapter examines Follett's use of historical settings and his use
of the genres of spy thriller, saga, and historical romance in his novels.
The rest of the study is devoted to an individual examination of each of
his novels in turn, with subsections on plot, character, theme, point of
view, and literary devices. Turner also offers an alternative critical
approach to reading each novel, such as psychoanalytical, Marxist, or
reader response, to give the reader another perspective from which to read
and discuss it. A complete bibliography of Follett's fiction, general
criticism and biographical sources, and listings of reviews of all the
novels examined in the study completes the work. The only study of one of
the best-selling writers today, who appeals to adults and young adults
alike, this is a key purchase for schools and public libraries.
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