NINE GATES by Jane Lindskold *

Should be labeled fiction fantasy and called nine gates of go to hell reader. Another weird inter dimensional beyond my GAS meter. Ya gotcha "Lands Born from Smoke and Sacrifice" (not Mirrors?), then magical spells, ch'i, weird ass names like Flying Claw or Righteous Drum???, no description of where the fuck the story takes place how they got there and why the hell I'm supposed to care. Too many unrealistic characters; a stupid battle with no intro to WHY. I thought writers were supposed to answer "who what why when where" but you can just chuck that out with this book. No dice. Maybe if you read into the next 150 pages your answers will materialize but I got to the 40th and ran out of give a shits. Off with her head.