Gate of Ivrel
Scattered about the galaxy were the time-space Gates of a vanished but
not forgotten alien race. In their time, long before the rise of the
native civilizations, they had terrorized a hundred worlds – not from
villainy but from folly, from tampering with the strands that held the
universe together.
Now the task was to uproot these Gates,
destroy their potency for mischief, take horror out of the hands of the
few who hungered for power by misuse of the Gates.
This is the story of one such Gate and one such world.
C. J. Cherryh
C. J. Cherryh (born 1942) is the pen name of Carolyn Janice Cherry, a multiple-award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer. She currently resides in Spokane County, Washington.
Cherryh is pronounced ”Cherry”. The author appended a silent ”h” to her real name because her first editor felt that ”Cherry” sounded too much like a romance writer.
The asteroid 77185 Cherryh has been named in her honour.
The Morgaine Cycle
Countless worlds are connected by Gates, and through these gates rides pale-haired Morgaine with her sword Changeling on an endless quest to destroy the Gates before they destroy the entire Universe.
The Morgaine Cycle consists of four works. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Main series The Alliance-Union Universe
