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Title: Not Follet's best work
Review: I've found Ken Follett's books to be "hit or miss", with this one in the "miss" category.This book comes across as more mass market trash than any of his other works, and his research was shoddy at best.The whole basis of the book was that the Russians were spying on the American Rocket program, which is a bit hard to fathom, as the Russians were far ahead of the Americans at that time. Korolyov and his team had developed the R5 and R7 by that time and didn't need Von Braun's help.His explanation of the Buzz Bomb is laughable.Overall, not one of his best. I suggest you try "Lie down with Lions" or perhaps "The Pillars of the Earth".
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