I thought long and hard about writing this review. I generally try to offer reviews of books that I loved. This isn’t one of them.

Teleportal tells the story of a small group of physicists who invent/discover/develop a teleporter. I can’t really tell you more about the plot without too many spoilers. Needless to say, it’s not exactly a walk in the park for the inventors.

One of the pitfalls of writing these kinds of stories is that you get into the “smart people making stupid decisions” really quickly. If you don’t it’s very hard to have an actual story. This is one of those books. It’s the kind of book I like to delete but I couldn’t put this one aside.

I think it’s because Gordon Savage managed to pull me into the characters’ world and made me believe it. I’ve known brilliant people like Dr. Melissa Kim. Brilliant in their own fields but stumps in any other. Her sidekick characters don’t get as much page time but it’s fine. They still had personalities of their own. When the Feds get involved, things go a lot sideways. The international responses seemed pretty realistic. I’m not sure about the North Korean sleeper cell, but I’m not really doing a lot in near-future SF/adventure myself so sure. Why not?

Like I said in the beginning, this isn’t a book I love, but it’s a book I can’t stop thinking about. That’s reason enough to let others know about it.

Grab a sample and see what you think.

About the reviewer:

Nathan Lowell has been writing science fiction and fantasy most of his life. He started publishing in 2007 and has no intention of stopping any time soon.

Learn more about Nathan Lowell and his works at http://nathanlowell.com