Gate of Ivrel Author:C.J. Cherryh Scattered about the galaxy were the time-space gates of a vanished but not forgotten alien race. In their times, long before the rise of the native civilations, 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, destro... more »y their potency for mischief, take horror out of the hands of the few who hungered for power by the misuse of the gates.« less