Cherryh, CJ - Gate of Ivrel

[oyceter]

An alien race once travelled everywhere via gates, but something in the technology made it so that a) the alien race didn't survive and b) the existence of gates still is a threat to the world.

Or, um, something like that.

Morgaine is a legend in Vanye's world, which explains Vanye's surprise when she appears in front of him after he's exiled from his clan. He becomes something like a bond-servant to her and her quest to destroy all the gates.

Unfortunately, I read this while my brain was going wonky, and as such, I don't remember much of it at all. The prose is rather old-fashioned in that old-fashioned fantasy way, and no one has a sense of humor. I really like Morgaine's type, but I had a difficult time getting in the story because of all the honor systems and assorted clans and the formality of the language, for some reason.

But I still want to read more books in the Morgaine cycle, just because of the ending of this book, which made up for much of the Clans and the language and etc.

Comments

[oyceter]

I think part of my problem was that I found Morgaine infinitely more interesting than Vanye's families (this is possibly just because my brain wasn't too happy at the time and I couldn't keep all the Clans apart). But yeah, I love the image of her stepping out of the gate to a world completely different.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

The good news: That's the last you see of the clans, more or less, except that Vanye still remembers them.

The bad news: A whole new set of characters to keep straight in the next book!

[oyceter]

Hee!

Oh well, I'm going to go hunt for the next ones int he library today.