People have always been attracted to the notion that a machine could be built to allow them to teleport through space, but so far, no projects have been successful. That is, until Mike Erickson, a high school English teacher from Maine with an extremely high IQ, is sent by a friend in the government to investigate the claims of a small group of government-funded scientists who have a machine they call the Albuquerque Door. Highly secretive, the clique of researchers refuses to tell Mike everything, claiming some details are too classified for his knowledge. They do say, "We take over six hundred pages of math and force-feed it to the universe through an electromagnetic funnel. We tell the universe 'I don't care what you think. I'm lifting my foot here and putting it down there.' " But after studying stacks of files filled with data on the hundreds of tests they've conducted, as well as observing several demonstrations of the machine's abilities, Mike is impressed, confused and not altogether sure "teleportation" is the correct term to use when discussing what the machine does really do.
Peter Clines (the Ex-Heroes series and 14) skillfully brings together just enough scientific research to give The Fold credibility--along with multi-faceted characters and a bit of romance--to create a fast-moving sci-fi thriller. As Mike tries to discover the Door's true purpose, what he learns has serious implications for everyone on Earth, leaving readers with the chilling sense that perhaps humans shouldn't meddle in the grand scale of the universe. --Lee E. Cart, freelance writer and book reviewer