Everything seems to work fine, yet the scientists insist on further testing. It’s not a teleporter but a fold in space. Scientists working on a top secret project have created what they call the “Albuquerque Door”, a gate that allows matter to pass instantaneously from one point to another. One day his old friend Reggie, a Director at the government agency DARPA, comes calling with a job offer that requires Mike’s rare skill. Rather than capitalize on this ability, Mike works as a high school teacher in Maine. The high IQ means he can take that input and analyze it quickly and efficiently, making connections and seeing patterns few others can. What this means is Mike has perfect recall for anything he has read or seen, and extremely good memory for touch, taste, and smell. Leland “Mike” Erikson has an eidetic memory and an IQ over 180. Centering around scientists and very smart people being forced to deal with something beyond science is always a fertile ground to mine for drama and Peter Clines hits the premise hard. The Fold is a hugely entertaining science fiction novel in the tradition of Michael Crichton’s Sphere as well as the Lincoln Child novel Deep Storm.
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