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Book Review of Gates of Hell

Gates of Hell
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I admit it. I like space pirates. I like rogue psychics. I love derring-do in space, spaceships flashing across galaxies to
save the Federation, or whatever--United Systems in this case. I think it was her first, a time travel story with SyFy
background that she could probably write decent space opera. So I was inclined to be pleased with this book when I finally
got around to reading it. And it provides a satifying amount of what I really like in escapist fiction.
Some people will say it starts slow and awkward. Susan did an excellent job of laying out the plot of this book and then
executing it. And her characteration was very well done. Also it probably could have used a stronger editorial hand when
dealing with the psychic cavorting, but there's some real moments of mischievous humor in this book.