14

By: Peter Clines

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Nominee, Science Fiction, 2013

Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches.

There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don’t nag at him too much. At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbor across the hall, and notices something unusual about her apartment. And Xela’s apartment. And Tim’s. And Veek’s. Because every room in this old Los Angeles brownstone has a mystery or two. Mysteries that stretch back over a hundred years. Some of them are in plain sight. Some are behind locked doors. And all together these mysteries could mean the end of Nate and his friends. Or the end of everything....

©2012 Peter Clines and Permuted Press (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A riveting apocalyptic mystery in the style of LOST." (Craig DiLouie, author of The Infection and The Killing Floor)

"A wholly original story that weaves together mystery and the apocalypse like a finely tuned band." (Evan Roy, Bricks of the Dead)

The 14 is Great Contemporary Science Fiction!

Just finished 14 and The Fold by Peter Clines back to back over four days. Here are my impressions.

14 was great. 14 was a well written, thrilling and an interesting page-turner with interesting characters and a well defined story. The Fold was not great. The Fold was poorly written, not very interesting after the first two-thirds of the book and the characters were nearly unbearable to listen to.

In 14, the main characters were really interesting, quirky and just perfect for Peter Clines' story. The 14 climax was well done and the sci-fi details were enough to keep hard-core sci-fi readers satisfied. In other words, 14 was a monumental achievement and I could not put it down. I was not disappointed in 14 at any point in the story.

14 has very interesting characters, all of them. These interesting characters make the 14 by Peter Clines special. The biggest downfall of the Fold was the fact that in The Fold the main characters are all cast to be highly intelligent people running one of the world's most important experimental physics project, but they act like college or even high school dropouts who scream the same juvenile four-letter profanity (which I cannot write here or Audible's AI engine will delete my review) at every twist and term. Because of the juvenile, profane characters in The Fold, I found it nearly unbearable to listen to after the fold expands beyond the Albuquerque Door.

I thought 14 was some of the best contemporary science fiction I have listened to in years. The 14 is a great story.

For the first half of The Fold, I felt like The Fold might be even better than 14. But as soon as the story in The Fold got past the initial character development and moved on to the mishaps at the Albuquerque Door (the fold), the story in The Fold was terrible. Yes, it was cool that we could see the plot of 14 interwoven into The Fold, but the problem was that the characters in The Fold were shallow and juvenile. I started to subliminally predict (accurately) at every twist and turn which four letter profane word would come from the mouth of the characters under duress. I thought at that point, WOW.... the quality of The Fold is so much lower than 14. My opinion of Peter Clines went from one of deep admiration (after finishing 14) to one of sincere disappointment (after finishing The Fold).

Again, 14 by Peter Clines was great, must listen to, contemporary sci-fi. Skip The Fold by the same author, unless of course you want to compare the two Peter Clines stories.

In closing, for students of literature, comparing 14 to The Fold is a great exercise in how important characters and character development is to a story. 14 is a masterpiece in many aways.

My first Clines and I'm hooked...

Absolutely loved this book sans one part of the story I felt didn't need to be. Quick ramp up. Good constant flow of story kept me interested and I never stopped wanting to know what happens next. All the characters we relevant and relatable. The light-hearted banter with splashes of '80's references between the main characters was well done and seemed genuine. The performance was on point. Something you can always count on with Ray Porter. Breezed right through this one and wanted more.

Highly recommend this book if you like modern-day "mystery" books. Would also recommend The Fold by Clines.

Enjoyable for the most part

Some jarring sexist moments made this book less good than it would have been, such as Veek's random rant about Zela "the slut."

It's a 14 out of 10 for Fun and Surprises

I picked up this book from the Audible suggestions. It isn't normally the type of title or subject that would interest me. It was a chance so worth it!

Down on his luck, our lead character moves to cheaper digs on a suggestion. Nate discovers his new apartment has some "quirks" and is quickly sucked into a monstrous mystery.

There's little that I can share without spoilers. I can say that I had a number of "Yep, I saw that coming" mixed with "I didn't see that at all!"

The narrator has clear characters and even the females are consistently good.

I recommend this book for sci-fi, mystery and supernatural fiction lovers.

Adult Scooby-Doo

This is a fun mystery where the characters all live in the same apartment complex. With all the oddities around the building they form an alliance to figure out what’s going on. The only problem is once the door is open it’s hard to go back!

#Mystery #ScoobyDoo #UnlikelyFriendships #Apartment #Suspenseful #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes

top five favorite 2 book series.

the 2 books in the threshold series are the most relistened of my whole collection. enjoyed it immensely.

One of the coolest stories I’ve heard in a long time

Just listen to this and you’ll be very happy you did. I’ll be suggesting to everyone

Movie Worthy

If you're a Syfy lover, then you will like this book. The characters had depth and we're all unique. This book kept me interested the whole time. Worth reading.

Good welcome back to Sci Fy

If you could sum up 14 in three words, what would they be?

Mysterious - Exciting - Engaging

What was one of the most memorable moments of 14?

Trek into the depths of the earth - opening 14

What about Ray Porter’s performance did you like?

He did the many character voices very well

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes - I almost did

Any additional comments?

Great listen

Fantastic

What made the experience of listening to 14 the most enjoyable?

The narator was great. good character diversity in his voice. you could almost see the their faces. the story was very well written, very descriptive. you could almost see the layout of the apartment building where the story takes place.

Which character – as performed by Ray Porter – was your favorite?

they were all good

Any additional comments?

a must for any science fiction fan.