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For fans of thought-provoking science fiction that probes the darker corners of human psychology and the consequences of playing with forces beyond one’s control, On the Threshold by M. Laszlo is a gripping and unsettling read that will keep you on the edge of your seat. (SG Preview)

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Guest Post from M. Laszlo, Author of On the Threshold | $10 Gift Card ~ #Historical #ScienceFiction #MagicalRealism @GoddessFish

On the Threshold by M Laszlo
Published by Awesome Independent Authors Publishing on 02/14/2024
Genres: Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Science Fiction
Format: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 342

Obsessed with learning the origins of the Cosmos, the actual meaning of life, and the true purpose of civilization, a fine Scotsman named Fingal T. Smyth dedicates himself to the study of Plato’s most extraordinary ideas.

Convinced of Plato’s belief that humankind possesses any and all innate knowledge deep within the collective unconscious mind, Fingal soon conducts a series of bold, pioneering, occult-science experiments by which to resolve the riddle of the universe once and for all.

However, Fingal forgets how violent and perilous the animal impulses that reside in the deepest recesses of the unconscious mind. And when Fingal unleashes a mysterious avatar of his innate knowledge, the entity appears as a burning man and immediately seeks to manipulate innocent and unsuspecting people everywhere into immolating themselves.

Now, with little hope of returning the fiery figure into his being, Fingal must capture his nemesis before it destroys the world.

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Excerpt from On the Threshold

Autumn, 1907: late one morning, some kind of torrid, invisible beast seemed to wrap itself all around Fingal T. Smyth’s body. Each one of his toes twitching fiercely, he exited the castle and scanned the distant, Scottish Highlands. Go back where you came from. As the entity wrapped itself tighter all about his person, Fingal blinked back his tears. I’m melting, I am. Aye, it’s the heat of fusion.

Gradually, the beast’s heartbeat became audible—each pulsation. At the same time, too, the illusory heat of transformation emitted an odor as of oven-roasted peppercorns dissolving in a cup of burnt coffee.

Over by the gatehouse, Fräulein Wunderwaffe appeared—the little German girl wearing a plain-sewn robe and square-crown bowler. In that moment, she no longer seemed to be a sickly child of seven years: her inscrutable expression resembled that of a wise, indifferent cat.

Perhaps even some kind of lioness. Fingal cringed, and he recalled a fragment of conversation from three weeks earlier.

“She suffers from a most unnatural pathology, an anguished, maniacal obsession with cats,” Doktor Hubertus Pflug had explained. “Ever since the poor girl was a baby, she has always regarded it her fate to one day metamorphose into a glorious panther, for she believes herself to be ein Gestaltwandler. Do you know this word? It means shapeshifter and refers to someone who possesses the power to take the form of anything in nature.”

The heat radiated up and down Fingal’s spine now, and his thoughts turned back to the present. Aye, it’s a change of phase. I’m melting into a chemical compound. Despite all, he greeted the girl and willed himself to flash a grin.

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On the Threshold

Amazon Kindle Edition
Laszlo, M (Author)
English (Publication Language)
316 Pages - 10/27/2023 (Publication Date) - Awesome Independent Authors Publishing (Publisher)

On the Threshold

Laszlo, M (Author)
English (Publication Language)
342 Pages - 02/09/2024 (Publication Date) - Alkira Publishing (Publisher)

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About M Laszlo

M Laszlo is the pseudonym of a reclusive author living in Bath, Ohio. According to rumor, he based the pen name on the name of the Paul Henreid character in Casablanca, Victor Laszlo.

He has lived and worked in New York City, East Jerusalem, and several other cities around the world. While living in the Middle East, he worked for Harvard University’s Semitic Museum. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio and an M.F.A. in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.

His next work is now available from AIA Publishing. There are whispers that it purports to be a genuine attempt to explain the universe's riddle and is based on journals and idea books he made while completing his M.F.A. at Sarah Lawrence College.

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Guest Post from M. Laszlo, author of On the Threshold

Convince us why your book is a must-read

My book is a must read because the protagonist really does resolve the riddle of the universe. And in the
last section, he explains the origins of the universe, the meaning of life, and the purpose of civilization.
The reader can and will learn something from my protagonist! Most important of all, the answers that
my protagonist delivers make sense. My book is not the type of book that gives crazy or absurd or
erroneous answers. There is a logic and more importantly a scientific basis to any and all conclusions.

Another important thing to remember is that the resolution of the book explains the recurring topic of
the burning-man figure. By the time the reader finishes the book, the reader will understand why it is
that the idea of the burning man, that trope, resonates so deeply in our shared humanity.

This book isn’t just a suspenseful read focused on protagonist and antagonist. Rather, everything adds
up and comes together at the end to enlighten the reader in a way few other book ever even attempt to
do.