title: Hell's Gate (Multiverse, Book 1)
author:  David Weber 
description: Magic and high tech collide in this exciting military SF novel from bestseller Weber (<i>War of Honor</i>) and Evans (<i>Far Edge of Darkness</i>), the first of a new series. Two human societies, the Sharona and the Union of Arcana, have evolved in parallel universes without encountering another civilization, human or otherwise. The Sharona exhibit a level of technology roughly analogous to the late 19th century, with psionic abilities thrown in for seasoning, but the Arcana have harnessed magical energies down to the consumer level. Astonishingly, it's the magical society that suffers the greater shock when one of their companies encounters a small Sharona civilian survey team and is almost annihilated by the enemy's repeating firearms. The authors treat both societies sympathetically and realistically, with human vices and virtues evenly distributed. The narrative bogs down slightly under the weight of the world building necessary for later installments, but is uncompromising in sacrificing even strong, sympathetic characters to the demands of the plot. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  ## Hell Hath No Fury
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( Multiverse - 2 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### David Weber
  
  
  ### Linda Evans
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  IT ALL STARTED AS A MISTAKE!Both Arcana and Sharona had explored scores of
  universes, each a duplicate of its own, without ever encountering another
  human civilization.Then that changed.Two survey expeditions met in the cool
  shadows of an autumn forest. No one knows who shot first, but both sides have
  suffered heavy casualties, and each blames the other. Now both sides want
  possession of Hell's Gate, the cluster of inter-universal portals and their
  survey forces met in blood . . . and neither is prepared to let the other have
  it..Arcana's wizards, dragons, and gryphons are about to meet Sharona's bolt-
  action rifles, machine guns, and mortars. Transport dragons are about to meet
  steam locomotives. And all that either side really knows is that neither of
  them has ever seen a war like the one about to begin.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  