''The Chronicles of Morgaine'' is a 1985 omnibus of the first three science fantasy novels from ''

The Morgaine Stories ''The Morgaine Stories'', also known as ''The Morgaine Cycle'', are a series of fantasy novels by American writer C. J. Cherryh, published by DAW Books. They concern a time-traveling heroine, Morgaine, and her loyal companion Nhi Vanye i Chya. T ...

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C. J. Cherryh Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels '' Downbelo ...

. The three novels included are ''

Gate of Ivrel ''Gate of Ivrel'' is a 1976 novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh, her first published work. It is the first of four books composing the Morgaine Stories, chronicling the deeds of Morgaine, a woman consumed by a mission of the utmost importance, ...

'', '' Well of Shiuan'' and '' Fires of Azeroth''.

Plot summary

''The Chronicles of Morgaine'' is a story in which Morgaine must deal with the alien transdimensional Gates that pose a danger to all the worlds .

Reception

Colin Greenland Colin Greenland (born 17 May 1954 in Dover, Kent, England) is a British science fiction writer, whose first story won the second prize in a 1982 Faber & Faber competition. His best-known novel is ''Take Back Plenty'' (1990), winner of both majo ...

reviewed ''The Chronicles of Morgaine'' for ''

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'' magazine, and stated that "Cherryh's sword and sorcery is sombre and strong. She enters the minds and hearts of her characters as they struggle, with the odds and with each other."

Reviews

*Review by Helen McNabb (1985) in Paperback Inferno, #56

References

External links

* 1985 fiction books Science fiction book series by C. J. Cherryh {{1980s-sf-novel-stub