The Fold
2015 • 384 pages
Ratings104
Average rating3.8
15
Ratings104
Average rating3.8
A page-turning science-fiction thriller from the author of Paradox Bound and the Ex-Heroes series. Step into the fold. It's perfectly safe. The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn’t much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he’s content with his quiet and peaceful existence. That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve: far out in the California desert, a team of DARPA scientists has invented a device they affectionately call the Albuquerque Door. Using a cryptic computer equation and magnetic fields to “fold” dimensions, it shrinks distances so that a traveler can travel hundreds of feet with a single step. The invention promises to make mankind’s dreams of teleportation a reality. And, the scientists insist, traveling through the Door is completely safe. Yet evidence is mounting that this miraculous machine isn’t quite what it seems—and that its creators are harboring a dangerous secret. As his investigations draw him deeper into the puzzle, Mike begins to fear there’s only one answer that makes sense. And if he’s right, it may only be a matter of time before the project destroys…everything. A cunningly inventive mystery featuring a hero worthy of Sherlock Holmes and a terrifying final twist you’ll never see coming, The Fold is that rarest of things: a genuinely page-turning science-fiction thriller.
Series
4 primary books6 released booksThreshold is a 6-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Christa Kinde and Peter Clines.
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This was on track to be one of my favorite books of the year. Unfortunately, the last quarter of the book went off the rails. I found myself quickly skimming passages to make it to the end. Sad, since the first 3/4 of the book was brilliant!
Better than average hard science fiction. The beginning is very well written but gets a little loose at the end.
This was an enjoyable read. It starts with a mystery, the main character has to uncover what is going on with this secret DARPA project involving a teleportation device. But nobody tells him how it works so we follow along his exceptional visual memory skills trying to find patterns and explanations for some odd phenomena. It's all very sci-fi / mystery and then the book turns into a sort of horror tale with monsters from other dimensions. Entertaining!
