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Code to Zero

2000 novel by Ken Follett

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia

Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0

Source revisionSep 13, 2026

Entity authoritySource title only

Source-derived summary

Code to Zero is a novel by the British author Ken Follett, published by Pan Macmillan. The story follows Luke, an amnesic who spends the duration of the book learning of his life, and slowly uncovering secrets of a conspiracy to hold the United States back in the space race.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Code to Zero” as 2000 novel by Ken Follett. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current 50-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Code, Zero and novel can be independently traced.

Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2000 novel by Ken Follett. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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Identifying works and editions
Tracing reception history
Finding collection records

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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

Establish the record: confirm the title “Code to Zero”, its source revision and the description used here.
Expand the search: follow Code to Zero primary sources, Code to Zero archive and Code research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Code to Zero”?
Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Code to Zero” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.