Thank you, I'll check them out! :-) Maybe I'll give Cherryh another try. I know I read one of those Gate books before, but it was long ago; I might well see them quite differently now.

And really, Hamilton's actually written another book that isn't boring rambly unimaginative porn with 76 ravishingly beautiful men with long hair/weird skin-eye combinations in various colors? I am amazed. Maybe she's hired a ghostwriter. ;-)