Next Book Club Meeting discussion is The Fold by Peter Clines

I first came around to Peter Clines with his novel, Ex-Heroes. As Ernest Cline said about it: "I loved this pop culture-infused tale of shamed superheroes struggling to survive a zombie apocalypse in the ruins of Hollywood. It's "The Avengers" meets "The Walking Dead "with a large order of epic served on the side."

While I liked Ex-Heroes, it was not a book I thought I would put on the reading groups list of books to read (there are also 4 more books in the series). Now, that The Fold has come out in paperback, I thought it might be a fun book to read, and it gives me another crack at Peter Clines.

Publisher Marketing about The Fold:

"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. Step inside its pages and learn why author Peter Clines has already won legions of loyal fans."