Shift, Tim Kring
Shift, Tim Kring
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Shift

Author: Tim Kring, Dale Peck

Narrator: Robert Forster

Unabridged: 12 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/10/2010


Synopsis

A new caliber of thriller set at the collision of ’60s counterculture and the rise
of dark forces in world government. Heroes creator Tim Kring injects history with a supernatural, hallucinogenic what-if.
 
Set in the crucible of the 1960s, Shift is the story of Chandler Forrestal, a man whose life is changed forever when he is unwittingly dragged into a CIA mind-control experiment. After being given a massive dose of LSD, Chandler de­velops a frightening array of mental powers. With his one-in-a-billion brain chemistry, Chandler’s heightened perception uncovers a plot to assassi­nate President Kennedy.
 
Propelled to prevent the conspiracy of assassi­nation and anarchy, Chandler becomes a target for deadly forces in and out of the government and is pursued across a simmering landscape peopled by rogue CIA agents, Cuban killers, Mafia madmen, and ex-Nazi scientists…all the while haunted by a beautiful woman with her own scandalous past to purge, her own score to settle. Chased across America, will Chandler be able to harness his “shift” and rewrite history?
 
Combining the nonstop style of Ludlum with the sinister, tangled conspiracies of DeLillo and Dick, and featuring cameos from Lee Harvey Oswald to Timothy Leary to J. Edgar Hoover, Shift is a thriller guaranteed to be equal parts heart-stopping and thought-provoking.

About The Author

TIM KRING is an acclaimed screenwriter and tele­vision producer. He is the creator and executive producer of the hit show Heroes. Shift is his first, much-anticipated novel. DALE PECK is the author of nine books, including, most recently, Body Surfing and Sprout, both novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darcia on July 15, 2010

I love the premise for this story. Set in the 1960s, the plot revolves around LSD and mind control experiments, along the lines of MK-Ultra experiments done by the CIA. The writing is great, as far as the author's phrasing and technique. However, for me, the story is all over the place. At times, I......more

Goodreads review by diana marcela on September 27, 2019

bueno, que puedo decir, la historia me gustó, pero siempre hay un pero y al final no se que pasó. Creo q es mi primer thriller por lo que le dejaré el margen de la duda. La historia comenzó un poco enreversada, muchos personajes, muchos hechos sucedidos simultáneamente y aparentemente sin relacion p......more

Goodreads review by C.A. on September 30, 2010

An interesting idea but I found the excution VERY slow and had a difficult time caring for the main character as we didn't get to know him very well. They did do a good job protraying the atomsphere of the early cold war very well.......more

Goodreads review by Matias on December 22, 2018

Kring's 'Shift' never really gets into high gear Set in the sixties, ‘Shift’ is a novel that aims for the sky but at some point it gets lost somewhere else. We don’t really know where. Written as the beginning of a trilogy that, as far as I’m concerned, hasn’t been continued, the book introduces a pr......more

Goodreads review by Fernando on August 31, 2018

Increíble. Me obsesioné desde la primera página y no lo pude soltar. Realmente muy bien construidos los personajes, a lo mejor el final no es tan bueno como el libro en si, pero vale muchísimo la pena.......more


Quotes

"From acid induced mind control to covert operations in Cuba, from a missing nuclear weapon to mass hallucinations, SHIFT runs a gamut that your inner conspiracy theorist will find delightful and provocative...reading SHIFT is like fighting a featherweight boxer. Always moving, constantly on its toes, it peppers you with small punches until, eventually, you succumb and it delivers the knockout. But oh, what a fight, and certainly one that is enjoyable and frenetic from start to finish...For an engaging romp through the ’60s that never were, look no further than SHIFT."--Book Page