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Bewilderness, Part One: Threshold

By: Jonathan Maberry
Narrated by: Shayna Small
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The Gateway Project is going to save the world.

Maybe.

Dr. Abby Corman has a bold idea: open a stable doorway between our world and an uninhabited parallel Earth. A new world we can use to mine resources to end poverty, grow enough food to end all hunger, and allow for population growth to end overcrowding. What could be a more noble aspiration for a brilliant young scientist?

But the path to hell is paved with good intentions....

The Gateway is in a secure lab in a huge office building in New York. Ultra-modern, impenetrable by industrial spies or foreign agents, totally secure. Once it goes into lockdown for the Gateway test firing, it becomes the world’s largest and most unbreakable vault. Locked doors, though, can do more than keep bad things out. They can keep bad things in.

Bewilderness: Threshold is the first part of a sprawling science fiction epic packed with weird science, corporate greed, betrayal, and horror. An Audible Original by New York Times best seller Jonathan Maberry, author of Patient Zero and V-Wars.

©2020 Jonathan Maberry Productions, LLC (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.
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About the Creator

Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times best-selling suspense novelist and comic book writer. He has won six Bram Stoker Awards, as well as Scribe and Inkpot awards. His works include Glimpse, The Wolfman, X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate, the Joe Ledger thrillers, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, and many others. He is the editor of anthologies including The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, and Nights of the Living Dead, co-edited with zombie genre creator George A. Romero. His comics include Captain America, Black Panther, Bad Blood, Punisher, Marvel Zombies Return, and more. His first novel, Ghost Road Blues, was named one of the 25 Best Horror Novels of the New Millennium and his Rot & Ruin novels were included in Booklist's Ten Best Horror Novels for Young Adults. Beyond writing and editing, he is a member of the very popular and mildly weird Three Guys With Beards podcast.

About the Performer

Named Booklist’s 2020 Voice of Choice, Shayna Small is also an actress, musician, and producer based in New York, where she received her BFA in Drama from The Juilliard School. With over 100 titles under her belt, her audiobook work has garnered 5 Earphone awards and an Audie nomination. Her acclaimed audiobook work includes The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, How Long ’Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin, The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez, and Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome.

Engaging Premise • Fast-paced Action • Excellent Character Differentiation • Intriguing Sci-fi Concept • Vivid Descriptions
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Perhaps this is a YA book.

In full disclosure I never finished this book, but I read enough of the reviews to know how it went. It took me to 35 minutes to decide maybe I hate the characters more than the narrator. So much emphasis is put in the pronouncing the crappy language that you feel like you are in a soap opera.



Narrator made my head hurt.

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Just my opinion but the narrator's different voices can sound like a slightly deeper Betty Boop. Her normal voice is fine. Storyline has an interesting, if far fetched, premise. But if you like Sci-fi and fantasy, aren't you always reading something pretty far fetched? I'll definitely read the next book when it comes out.

interesting premise, annoying narrator

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loved this i usually do really long book 20+ hours but thought why not, looks interesting and I didn't have to spend a credit! Totally knocked it out of the park great character development story move along and didn't get bogged down. Narrator great job! just overall a great experience! Now I need book 2!

WOW!!! please get me the second half

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The story is not bad, but the execution is painful, unimaginative and flawed. It reads like a multiverse story told by a 14 year old teenager not very familiarized with storytelling. It ends in a cliffhanger that I will not jump into. The narrator doesn’t help either.

Book of cliches

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Maberry is a creative guy and solid writer, so I’m sure his story is great. However, Small’s narration was so insufferable that I had to stop listening after 20 mins. The audiobook is free, likely because of its lamentable narration.

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Normally, I love Jonathan Mayberry's work. This had an interesting premise and provided some moments of intrigue. However, the characters were so dense! I especially hated the protagonist's boyfriend. I feel like most of his dialogue was devoted to screaming "Abbbyyyyy".
Ultimately, if the next book is included with Audible, then I will probably listen to it. But, I don't see myself paying for it.

Interesting but disappointing

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Fantastic, can't wait for the rest. Pretty good once it got going. Have to read the other books.

Bewilderness, Part 1: Threshold

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I wanted so much to like or even finish this book but the ridiculous narration is so distracting. The narrator is talented but her attempt at the various accents in this book is terrible. She is simply the wrong narrator for this book.

Wrong Narrator

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Great story. Can’t wait to read more. Maberry is quickly becoming one of the great writers of this age. Talented voice actor.

One of the great writers of this era

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Part 1 is a slow burn that tediously builds throughout the entire three hours where everything is clearly explained. Though it tends to explain the premise of the story than actually convey the story and keep the reader entranced. But to all of you just starting this series, HOLD ON, IT DOES GET MORE INTERESTING. Also, if I'm being honest it does help to have an almost comprehensive history about why things are the way they are within the story.

Clearly the Beginning

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