Hells Gate - David Weber

Hell's Gate. ========== The story starts centred around Arcana, a planet and a universe where magic actually works. Their whole culture and the expansive civilisation on the outer planets all depend on magic. Their magicians one day make a discovery and open a hole through space and so their exploration of other universes begins. They grow even richer and more bolder as time passes until one day they come across the Sharona's. The Sharona's universe depends on technology and they are very advanced in that field. Soon a culture clash happens and the two societies are at war. The tunnel through space becomes known as Hells Gate because to the ...  Read the complete review

Hell's Gate. Author - David Weber. This will be a short and sweet, or should that be "bitter" sweet review. Synopsis: The basic story line is a universe where Magic actually works, meets universe where technology is supreme The Union of Arcana has journeyed through portals linking parallel universes. In that time its soldiers and Sorcerers have laid claim to one uninhabited planet after another but all of that is about to come to an explosive halt. The Union's scouts have just discovered a new portal, and on its far side lies a shattering revelation. There is another human society, Sharona, ...  Read the complete review