The Labyrinth Gate

Kate Elliott

Jul 2013 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

Transported to a magical world, a young couple must find a labyrinth city’s hidden treasure to return home in this novel from the author of Crown of Stars.
 With marriage comes change, and for Sanjay and Chryse, that change is literally world altering. After their wedding reception, they accidentally drop a gift—a pack of special tarot cards—onto an elevator floor. The cards scatter, the lights go out, and all at once, they find themselves transported to Anglia. It’s a strange parallel world not unlike Victorian England, but matriarchal in nature and shaped by powerful sorcery.
While fleeing a riot in the streets, the pair is rescued by aristocrats Julian and Kate, the first of many new friends and adventures. To get home, they must find a treasure in the labyrinth city of Pariam—a quest that becomes ever more daunting as it attracts the attention of the evil Princess Blessa. Wonderfully conceived and full of memorable characters, The Labyrinth Gate is vibrant fantasy on every level. 

Ratings and reviews

Newlyweds, leaving their reception, take hold of the last remaining gift, a deck of cards,& are transported to a parallel world similiar in ways to victorian england. The next year is an adventure filled with good friends & treasure, magic & villians, chaos & good times. I loved following these newlyweds as they traveled along the exciting non stop good & some bad times until they are finally transported back to their own time. A great read. A page turner. I highly recommend this as your next book choice

I love Kate's works! Not as lengthy as her usual novels, but the characters are well-developed for the shortness of the piece. It does feel a bit rushed, cramming so many charcters in a relatively short story. The other thing I noticed in this particular novel was the tendancy to switch POVs in the middle of action. Not sure if the novel was intended to be omnipresent. Still, two thumbs up!

About the author

DIVKate Elliott has been writing stories since she was nine years old, which has led her to believe that she is either a little crazy or that writing, like breathing, keeps her alive. Her most recent series is the Spiritwalker Trilogy (Cold Magic, Cold Fire, and Cold Steel), an Afro-Celtic post-Roman alternate-nineteenth-century Regency ice-punk mashup with airships, Phoenician spies, the intelligent descendants of troodons, and revolution. Her previous works include the Crossroads trilogy (starting with Spirit Gate), the Crown of Stars septology (starting with King’s Dragon), the Novels of the Jaran, the Highroad Trilogy, and the novel The Labyrinth Gate, originally published under the name Alis A. Rasmussen./div
She likes to play sports more than she likes to watch them; right now, her sport of choice is outrigger canoe paddling. Her spouse has a much more interesting job than she does, with the added benefit that they had to move to Hawaii for his work; thus the outrigger canoes. They also have a schnauzer (a.k.a. the Schnazghul).