The Seventh Gate (Weis and Hickman novel)
# The Seventh Gate (Weis and Hickman novel)

The Seventh Gate (1994) is a fantasy novel by American writers Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, the seventh and final book in their Death Gate Cycle series.

## Plot summary

Alfred, Haplo, and Marit journey to attempt to close the Chamber of the Damned on Abarrach -- it is the Seventh Gate, a portal between worlds. Encountering magical enemies such as dragon-snakes, as the story progresses they battle ferociously. Eventually, they realise that the only way to seal the gate is to work a powerful, peaceful spell together, Sartan with Patryn. At length, this succeeds -- the gate is sealed, and there is some hope of peace. The Patryns and Sartan remain living together in the Labyrinth.

## Reception

The book hit the bestseller lists for Waldenbooks and B. Dalton.

The Seventh Gate reached 14 on the New York Times bestseller list on August 28, 1994.

