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{{quote|"We did not start this war, but we will finish it. We will take back the portals they've taken from us in their treacherous attack. We will punish the atrocities they have committed against our people. And we will insure that this 'Union of Arcana' will never again pose a threat to us, to our children, or to our grandchildren."
|Zindel chan Calirath, {{spoiler|Emperor-Elect of Sharona}}}}
The ''[[Hell's Gate]]'' series is the latest{{when}} from [[David Weber]] and it is rather hard to describe since it has a tendency to [[Science Fantasy|mix up science fiction and fantasy tropes.]] In the books, the Union of Arcana has expanded through the portals linking parallel universes for over a century and a half. In that time, its soldiers and sorcerers have laid claim to one uninhabited parallel Earth after another, and in the process, the Union has become the most powerful, most wealthy civilization in all of human history.
Then everything changes when Arcanan scouts discover a new portal and make a terrifying discovery: Arcana ''is not'' the only world that humans evolved on. There is another human civilization out there, Sharona, that has also discovered the portals and has been colonizing the multiverse. Sadly, [[Poor Communication Kills|first contact goes poorly]], and the actions of a few panicky individuals result in a bloody massacre of the Sharonian survey team by the Arcanan soldiers.
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The first two books in the series (along with some of [[David Weber]]'s other work) can be read, legally and for free, [http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/22-MissionofHonorCD/MissionofHonorCD/ here]. [[David Weber]] says more books will eventually come. [[Honor Harrington|He]] [[Safehold|is]] [[The War Gods|busy]] [[Prince Roger|however]].
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: Chava Busar mentions potentially making a large donation to Bergahl's Comforters should the future work out according to his plans. Sounds like simple bribery, except {{spoiler|the order is properly known as Bergahl's Dagger and has officially been decommissioned for over a century}}, according to the glossary in Hell Hath No Fury.
* [[AKA-47]]: Many of Sharona's guns are modeled after real world guns and usually just chambered for a different caliber. The Ternathian Army's Model 10 is pretty much a [[wikipedia:Lee-Enfield|Lee-Enfield]] while the Faraika machine guns are [[wikipedia:Gardner gun|Gardner guns]].
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