Beyond the Gate - Tapa blanda

Gallen O'Day, Maggie Flynn and Orick, the intelligent bear who is trying to resist the call of the priesthood, are now fleeing from a challenge by alien warriors by hiding on a distant planet that has been their home. They are discovered and must travel again through the transport gates to a strange world where they become involved in a quest to save a planet from the domination of a hive mind.