Beyond the Gate (The Golden Queen, Book Two)

Plot

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.