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.
zlib_text: Table of Contents
  Multiverse: Hell’s Gate Sector Map
  CHAPTER ONE
  CHAPTER TWO
  CHAPTER THREE
  CHAPTER FOUR
  CHAPTER FIVE
  CHAPTER SIX
  CHAPTER SEVEN
  CHAPTER EIGHT
  CHAPTER NINE
  CHAPTER TEN
  CHAPTER ELEVEN
  CHAPTER TWELVE
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  CHAPTER NINETEEN
  CHAPTER TWENTY
  CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  CHAPTER THIRTY
  CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  
  CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  CHAPTER FORTY
  CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  EPILOGUE
  PUBLISHER’S NOTE
  GLOSSARY
  CAST OF CHARACTERS
  SHARONIAN TALENTS
  A NOTE ON CALENDARS
  
  THE ROAD
  TO HELL
   
  DAVID WEBER &
  JOELLE PRESBY
  
  The Road to Hell
   
  David Weber