Three days that could change the world's political landscape.. .A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped bare of all recollection. He has no idea how he got there. He does not even know his own name. Convinced he is a drunken down & out, it isn't until a newspaper report about a satellite launch catches his eye that he begins to suspect all is not what it seems.. . The year is 1958, & America is about to launch its first satellite, in a desperate attempt to match the Soviet Sputnik & regain the lead in the space race. As Luke Lucas gradually unravels the mystery of his amnesia, he realizes that his fate is bound up with that of the rocket that stands ready on launch pad 26B at Cape Canaveral. & as he relearns the story of his life, he uncovers long-kept secrets about his wife, his best friend & the woman he once loved more than life itself