January, 1958: America's best hope in the space race-the Explorer I satellite-sits on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.
And when a man wakes that morning only to discover his memory erased and his life in danger, the only way he can reclaim his own identity-and find those responsible-is to remember the terrible secret that they forced him to forget.
A secret that could destroy the Explorer I-and America's future.
His celebrated PILLARS OF THE EARTH was voted into the top 100 of Britain's best-loved books in the BBC's the Big Read and the sequel, WORLD WITHOUT END, will be published in Autumn 2007.
He has since written several equally successful novels including, most recently, WHITEOUT. He is also the author of non-fiction bestseller ON WINGS OF EAGLES.
He lives with his family in London and Hertfordshire.
