FOLLETT, KEN
East German teacher Rebecca Hoffmann discovers shes been spied on by the Stasi for years and commits an impulsive actGeorge Jakes, the child of a mixed-race couple, bypasses a corporate law career to join Robert F. Kennedys Justice Department and finds himself in the middle of the civil rights battleCameron Dewar, the grandson of a senator, jumps at the chance to do some official and unofficial espionage, only to discover that the world is a much more dangerous place than hed imaginedDimka Dvorkin, a young aide to Nikita Krushchev, becomes a prime agent both for good and for ill as the United States and the Soviet Union race to the brink of nuclear war, while his twin sister, Tanya, carves out a role that will take her from Moscow to Cuba to Prague to Warsawand into history.
Ken Follet va néixer a Cardiff, Gal·les. Després de llicenciar-se en filosofia a la University College de Londres, va treballar de periodista per al South Wales Echo i l'Evening News de Londres, abans de convertir-se en un dels escriptors de best sellers més reconeguts del món. Les seves obres més importants són, entre d'altres, Eye of the Needle, The Man from St. Petersburg, Lie down with Lions, Els pilars de la Terra, L'últim vol, Alt risc i En el blanc, aquestes darreres publicades en català per Edicions 62.