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Gates of Hell |
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 Gates of Hell bySusan Sizemore Speculation Press 268 pages, 2000 ISBN 0967197929 Reviewed by our UK Editor Rachel A. Hyde If you are a romance reader, Susan Sizemore needs no introduction. But if SF is more your thing – especially the ever-popular space opera – here is a book that combines the two. Roxanne Shirah Merkrates is something little short of a goddess - immortal (or something not far off) and possessing a telepathic ability to heal and even rejuvenate sick people. Half human and half Koltiri, she works as a medical officer in the United Systems Military Service. Her husband is the captain of the ship she is serving on. Sagouran plague is devastating its way across the galaxy and the only treatment is an illegal drug called Rust, so Roxy is sent to help in her own unique way. But she is captured and ends up in the hands of a pirate captain who needs healing himself, after having been poisoned by a fanatical priestess of a death cult. Captain Pyr of the Raptor is everything her husband is not. Can they save the universe and at the same time, find the happiness that they both seek? Romance, sex, pirates, starship crews, strange exotic aliens - it’s all here in an admirably taut book. Fans of Anne McCaffrey will enjoy it as it embodies the same mixture of space action and fantasy, but with the added dimension of a love story. Parts of the background were rather sketchy in places. At times, I had the feeling that I had jumped into book three of a series because some things were never fully explained. However, I was gripped by the story as it rushed along with plenty of action. I would certainly want to read the next book in the series |
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