It's strange. This book ("The Fold") is the second book in the (four book) Threshold series but neither Amazon nor Goodreads mention this fact.
There are some similarities between this book and the first book in the series ("14"). The similarities are not lazy overlaps but careful tie-ins. I expect more continuity in the third and fourth books.
The main character is Leland "Mike" Erikson who has some super-hero skillz especially when it comes to information: an IQ somewhere north of 180 and an eidetic memory. These might be a blessing to some people (if they had these skills) but to Mike they're a burden. It's really hard to write a character like this (or act like this in a movie or TV show) but Peter skillfully never makes a false step. Mike is plausible and consistent. He's also generally a nice guy. We never find out whether he prefers the red or black ants.
The story is well written slowly peeling back the layers of the ogre, I mean, plot to show that not all is as it seems. Mike goes back and fills in the details that the Albuquerque Door project missed. Like in the novel "14" where a faux-religious cult seeks to turn off the building that keeps a doorway between parallel universes closed, the Albuquerque Door team keeps opening that door to the point where it won't close. Guess who wants to come to dinner? Guess who's on the menu?
I wish that the Marines had brought a bit more fire power to the battle of the "bugman" and the "seraphs".
Seven-legged green cockroaches. Just saying.
All and all, except for the horror elements, a pleasant read. Now I'm onto his next novel in the series "Terminus"!
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Mind-blowing fun!
The Fold was the first book I read of Peter Clines’ Threshold series about 2 1/2 years ago. I didn’t realize at the time that it was actually part of a series so I read it as a stand-alone. I really enjoyed this book and especially loved the character of Mike. One of the most interesting aspects of Mike was that he has an eidetic (photographic) memory. I loved how Clines portrayed his memory during the course of the book. Sooooo intriguing!In The Fold, a group of scientists have created a machine that allows someone to walk through a doorway (or threshold) and appear in a second location instanteously although that second location is elsewhere, in this case several hundred feet away in another building.Although everything works perfectly time after time after time, there’s just a feeling from the investor that something “feels” off so bestie Mike with the eidetic memory is dispatched to just observe and assure the investors that all is well.Mike asks questions and goes about trying to figure out the how of this machine, which is a big secret, and that’s when the cray cray starts!I was not expecting ANY of what happens next and it was seriously wild and fun as heck to discover along with Mike!I did not read Clines’ book 1 of this series, 14, so read it a few months later, never realizing the two books were connected. I loved 14 even more than The Fold!And since then, Terminus was just released on Audible audiobook and was even more of the cray cray from 14 and The Fold. I listened to Terminus and realized that after 2 1/2 years I had to have missed some of the small details so decided to binge read the series on Audible. (Sidenote here about how freaking fantastic Ray Porter is who narrates the audiobooks!) I had no idea how many details I had missed the first time around. Especially since I had read the books out of order.Well, this time around, everything clicked into place! And I loved it even more this time around. I’m on to reread Terminus now.So for those of you who have been wanting to read any of these books, they can be read as stand-alones, as they are all different distinct stories, but the experience is so much better if you read them as a series, in order.And I should note that although Dead Moon is part of the series, I am not sure how it fits in. It takes place years in the future on the moon. It was good and I enjoyed it, and I’ll probably reread that one after, but for me, it’s not necessary for the enjoyment I had for the other 3 books.
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- Vanya VatsalReviewed in India on April 20, 2021
A solid 4 star sci-fi thriller
I never thought that, for me, anyone could ever come even remotely close to Blake Crouch when it comes to Science Fiction. That kept me from buying The Fold by Peter Clines for months, as it was costly on Amazon!A solid 4 star sci-fi thrillerVanya Vatsal
Reviewed in India on April 20, 2021
I still took a chance since after reading Recursion and Dark Matter, nothing I was reading seemed good enough.
The Fold is about a team of DARPA scientists who have invented a device which has made teleportation a reality. However, it seems like something isn't right since the team is still not ready to make the technology public or share the details with the government who are funding the project - despite the device being operational for last three years and more than 180 successful runs. Enters our protagonist, Mike Erikson, who will remind you of Sherlock Holmes, with his utterly impressive memory and analysing abilities.
I couldn't stop turning the pages till about 270 page mark - it was a five star read when things started going downhill. The initial 270 pages are science fiction thriller and the last 100 pages introduced a supernatural element to it - so those were a 3 star read. Overall, I would recommend The Fold, it's definitely worth a read (or maybe two).
Final Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4 out of 5 stars)
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- KateReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2016
One of the best times I’ve had reading a science fiction thriller in such a long time - fantastic
- J. SinghReviewed in Australia on September 11, 2015
I'm not easily pleased, but I loved this book
