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Threshold
Some Doors Should Never be Opened
A mother gone missing …
A desperate family in turmoil, offered a second chance …
A forbidden room where terrible secrets are screaming to be heard …
When Scott Dawson’s wife, Holly, disappears, leaving her family at the brink of bankruptcy, the last thing Scott expects is a helping hand from nowhere, a rich and never before mentioned Uncle Alastair.
Uncle Alastair is dead, but his will promises to save them all — if the Dawsons follow its stipulations.
1) Scott must live in the ancient estate with his children, Hudson and Hazel.
2) The children can never leave the grounds at the same time.
3) And no matter what, no one is allowed in the basement.
Will a sprawling estate haunted by yesterday’s ghosts and devastating secrets help a struggling family finally overcome all that life has thrown at them, or will it be the Dawsons’ undoing?
A mother gone missing …
A desperate family in turmoil, offered a second chance …
A forbidden room where terrible secrets are screaming to be heard …
When Scott Dawson’s wife, Holly, disappears, leaving her family at the brink of bankruptcy, the last thing Scott expects is a helping hand from nowhere, a rich and never before mentioned Uncle Alastair.
Uncle Alastair is dead, but his will promises to save them all — if the Dawsons follow its stipulations.
1) Scott must live in the ancient estate with his children, Hudson and Hazel.
2) The children can never leave the grounds at the same time.
3) And no matter what, no one is allowed in the basement.
Will a sprawling estate haunted by yesterday’s ghosts and devastating secrets help a struggling family finally overcome all that life has thrown at them, or will it be the Dawsons’ undoing?
356 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2014
6 people are currently reading
40 people want to read
About the author
Sean Platt
335 books826 followersSean loves writing books, even more than reading them. He is co-founder of Collective Inkwell and Realm & Sands imprints, writes for children under the name Guy Incognito, and has more than his share of nose.
Together with co-authors David Wright and Johnny B. Truant, Sean has written the series Yesterdays Gone, WhiteSpace, ForNevermore, Available Darkness, Dark Crossings, Unicorn Western, The Beam, Namaste, Robot Proletariat, Cursed, Greens, Space Shuttle, and Everyone Gets Divorced. He also co-wrote the how-to indie book, Write. Publish. Repeat.
With Collective Inkwell
Yesterday's Gone: Post Apocalyptic - LOST by way of The Stand
WhiteSpace: Paranoid thriller on fictitious Hamilton Island
ForNevermore: YA horror that reads nothing like YA Horror
Available Darkness: A new breed of vampire thriller
Dark Crossings: Short stories, killer endings
With 47North
Z 2134: The Walking Dead meets The Hunger Games
Monstrous: Beauty and the Beast meets The Punisher
With Realm & Sands
Unicorn Western: The best story to ever come from a stupid idea
The Beam: Smart sci-fi to make you wonder exactly who we are
Namaste: A revenge thriller like nothing you've ever read
Robot Proletariat: The revolution starts here
Cursed: The old werewolf legend turned upside down
Greens: Retail noir comedy
Space Shuttle: Over the top comedy with all your favorite sci-fi characters
Everyone Gets Divorced: Like "Always Sunny" and "How I Met Your Mother" had a baby on your Kindle
Sean lives in Austin, TX with his wife, daughter, and son.
Follow him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/seanplatt (say hi so he can follow you back!)
Together with co-authors David Wright and Johnny B. Truant, Sean has written the series Yesterdays Gone, WhiteSpace, ForNevermore, Available Darkness, Dark Crossings, Unicorn Western, The Beam, Namaste, Robot Proletariat, Cursed, Greens, Space Shuttle, and Everyone Gets Divorced. He also co-wrote the how-to indie book, Write. Publish. Repeat.
With Collective Inkwell
Yesterday's Gone: Post Apocalyptic - LOST by way of The Stand
WhiteSpace: Paranoid thriller on fictitious Hamilton Island
ForNevermore: YA horror that reads nothing like YA Horror
Available Darkness: A new breed of vampire thriller
Dark Crossings: Short stories, killer endings
With 47North
Z 2134: The Walking Dead meets The Hunger Games
Monstrous: Beauty and the Beast meets The Punisher
With Realm & Sands
Unicorn Western: The best story to ever come from a stupid idea
The Beam: Smart sci-fi to make you wonder exactly who we are
Namaste: A revenge thriller like nothing you've ever read
Robot Proletariat: The revolution starts here
Cursed: The old werewolf legend turned upside down
Greens: Retail noir comedy
Space Shuttle: Over the top comedy with all your favorite sci-fi characters
Everyone Gets Divorced: Like "Always Sunny" and "How I Met Your Mother" had a baby on your Kindle
Sean lives in Austin, TX with his wife, daughter, and son.
Follow him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/seanplatt (say hi so he can follow you back!)
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October 8, 2019
When Scott and his kids Hazel and Hudson find out that their mom Holly had a great uncle Alastair who gives them a new home and a million dollars, they believe its too good to be true. The catch: Only one of the children can leave the house. Can they survive this haunted house? Read on and find out for yourself.
This was a pretty good horror science fiction haunted house story. If you like these types of stories, be sure to check this book out on Amazon and wherever books are sold.
This was a pretty good horror science fiction haunted house story. If you like these types of stories, be sure to check this book out on Amazon and wherever books are sold.
August 21, 2014
A troubled family inherits a mansion that is said to be haunted. A mansion they had never heard of before. On top of that, there is the strange rule that one of the children must stay at the premises at all times. The mystery delivered on the first pages of the book sucked me from the very first pages. And from there, things only got more interesting as the family started getting stressed out and the house's secrets slowly started unfolding. All the way to the ending (which I will not say anything about so I won't ruin the surprise -- suffice to say I liked it).
The only thing that I'd have liked to see explored still a bit deeper was the family's relationships and overall, especially Scott's struggles with his temper. That said, this is a very good ghost story with a signature Collective Inkwell twist.
In fact, if you're new to Platt and Wright's work, this could be a good place to start before jumping to their serials and other longer works.
The only thing that I'd have liked to see explored still a bit deeper was the family's relationships and overall, especially Scott's struggles with his temper. That said, this is a very good ghost story with a signature Collective Inkwell twist.
In fact, if you're new to Platt and Wright's work, this could be a good place to start before jumping to their serials and other longer works.
August 27, 2014
I enjoyed this story about a family falling apart in bankruptcy after the mother mysteriously disappeared, but being saved by an even more mysterious rich uncle who left his mansion and assets to his great-niece and nephew. There were some stipulations, of course; one of the children needed to remain on the property at all times, so only one could ever leave at any given time. (Ignore the fact that no attorney would ever agree to draft a will like that; presumably the father had no idea that it wouldn't hold up in court.)
The house is haunted, and as far as ghost stories go it was a pretty fun read. The explanation for the ghosts in the story seemed plausible in the construct of the world that was described, although some of the discrepancies in the relationships of some of the characters didn't make a ton of sense.
The house is haunted, and as far as ghost stories go it was a pretty fun read. The explanation for the ghosts in the story seemed plausible in the construct of the world that was described, although some of the discrepancies in the relationships of some of the characters didn't make a ton of sense.
September 7, 2014
Complete surprise
As always love these authors. This book was not what I expected when I began it although it did take me back to Yesterdays Gone (LOVED IT). The story comes across as a ghost story but wait for the surprise. Finished the book quickly and can not wait for the next stories to come from the authors.
As always love these authors. This book was not what I expected when I began it although it did take me back to Yesterdays Gone (LOVED IT). The story comes across as a ghost story but wait for the surprise. Finished the book quickly and can not wait for the next stories to come from the authors.
January 16, 2017
Not my fave, but still good.
Threshold is about a man and his duty to his bloodline. Though slow at times, the characters are well developed, and even the antagonist ends up earning your consideration. I liked the plot, but think more information about the past and the threshold would have made it clearer and more epic. A few twists and turns kept you thinking, but I had a pretty good idea about what was going to happen (partly) about halfway through the story. Still, this does nothing to turn me away from future Platt, Wright, and Truant books. They are still some of my favorite writers, and may soon eclipse Stephen "The" King as my favorite. Maybe...
Threshold is about a man and his duty to his bloodline. Though slow at times, the characters are well developed, and even the antagonist ends up earning your consideration. I liked the plot, but think more information about the past and the threshold would have made it clearer and more epic. A few twists and turns kept you thinking, but I had a pretty good idea about what was going to happen (partly) about halfway through the story. Still, this does nothing to turn me away from future Platt, Wright, and Truant books. They are still some of my favorite writers, and may soon eclipse Stephen "The" King as my favorite. Maybe...
December 19, 2021
I really, really enjoyed this book. Had to finish it, been reading it all night long and it's past 9am lol
Somewhere along the middle it suddenly changed from a horrorish ghost story, to an alien sci-fi-ish one.
Somewhere along the middle it suddenly changed from a horrorish ghost story, to an alien sci-fi-ish one.
January 2, 2022
I'm not a fan of fantasy or ghosts but I did enjoy this. It was all very believable and the end was good for everyone. This is my first book by Sean Platt and David W. Wright and I'm sure I'll read more.
March 2, 2017
As a fan of Yesterday's gone, lover of Crash and constant listener to these guys podcasts I was expecting something of much higher quality here. The story starts out with a great premise which draws you in but unfortunately it meanders on and on with very little in the way of scares. Normally I enjoy this type of suspense building but this book was probably double the length it needed to be. The scares were no scarier than a kids halloween story, the characters were no more interesting than any other cliched horror book.
The prolonged twist (without giving spoilers) takes the story in a completely different direction to the haunted house idea promised which would have been fine if it had been built in throughout the story instead of just being spliced onto the end. The end is so rushed and tied up conveniently it makes the story laughable for example without giving anything away "his blood allowed him to understand their language" and other conveniences to avoid coming up with something more believable. Even the authors note confesses that this was trudged through without enthusiasm, not much connection to the material and an ending left for others to help rewrite. Unfortunately even the extra input couldn't save this book. Nice ideas for a short story but after painstakingly working my way through this it left me nothing but annoyed.
The prolonged twist (without giving spoilers) takes the story in a completely different direction to the haunted house idea promised which would have been fine if it had been built in throughout the story instead of just being spliced onto the end. The end is so rushed and tied up conveniently it makes the story laughable for example without giving anything away "his blood allowed him to understand their language" and other conveniences to avoid coming up with something more believable. Even the authors note confesses that this was trudged through without enthusiasm, not much connection to the material and an ending left for others to help rewrite. Unfortunately even the extra input couldn't save this book. Nice ideas for a short story but after painstakingly working my way through this it left me nothing but annoyed.
November 18, 2016
I was expecting a ghost story but this is so much more. The creep factor is very high and the tension grips harder the farther you read. Using different points of view, especially from the children, is a good touch. The outcome was surprising, really not what I thought it was going to be.
I enjoyed it immensely but wasn't sucked right in, so not quite a 5 star for me.
*This was an ARC, my opinions are my own.*
I enjoyed it immensely but wasn't sucked right in, so not quite a 5 star for me.
*This was an ARC, my opinions are my own.*
May 17, 2015
I quite enjoyed this horror tale. It had a classic feel to it, yet came with a refreshing twist that made it a bit different than your standard classic "haunted house" novels. Well-written and suspenseful, intriguing and creepy with characters that came alive, furthering the reader's descent into the darkness.
January 23, 2016
I did not like this book. It isn't my type of story. I feel that the author wrote it in hopes that they would make a horror/science fiction movie out of it.
I can see how others would like it. It just isn't my type of story.
I can see how others would like it. It just isn't my type of story.
March 25, 2015
Ok
Good story I just did like what it turned out to be. Don't want to spoil it for someone else who will love it.
Good story I just did like what it turned out to be. Don't want to spoil it for someone else who will love it.
December 14, 2015
This book reminded me of a old movie Burt Offerings with a small twist. I really wanted to give this a 2 1/2.
January 22, 2017
Review to come.
January 16, 2016
It had me hooked, the whole time. Bizarre endings, though. of all the ways, to end....
July 1, 2016
Really enjoyed this story line, well developed characters and unexpected ending. Great as always.
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