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Title: Gate of Fire? -more like Gate of Contract Pressures
Review: I loved the Shadow of Ararat. While this book starts out OK, it suddenly crashes. A women previously described as a delicate little persian princess is transformed during a brief sea voyage into Xena, complete with battle cry. Harlan provides a long, drawn out, predictable scenario where Thyatis, a sort of Amazon, realizes that she is a lesbian with the ersatz Xena. The scene is complete with Harlequin Romance cliche sex. We learn that the princess is perhaps Mongolian and learned to pull a bow before she could walk. Well, neither the Mongols nor the Persians taught women to use weapons. So much for historical accuracy. In the next chapter, a previously shy egyptian boy is now using 20th century-style sarcastic names for companions( "Oh Buzzard (fill in a noun)"). This is only the second book I've ever returned because I felt the author was just turning out contractually required junk. At least there is new Terry Brooks novel due in September.
