Gateway Chapter 10: Parties, Fear, and the Launch Nobody Takes
This is a big chapter. A lot happens. And by the end of it, nothing happens at all. That is the whole point.
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Gateway Chapter 9: Money Can Buy Everything Except Happiness
This chapter is short and it hurts in a quiet way.
We are back in the present with Rob and Sigfrid. No Gateway flashbacks this time. Just a rich man sitting in a therapist’s office, listing all the expensive things he buys. And somehow, every item on the list makes him sound more empty.
Gateway Chapter 8: Learning to Fly Ships Nobody Understands
Chapter 8 is long. It is also one of the best chapters so far. After the emotional wreckage of Chapter 7’s therapy session, we are back on Gateway. And now Rob starts learning what it actually means to be a prospector.
Gateway Chapter 7: Fat Kid, Lonely Kid, Broken Kid
After the Blue Hell party and the casino shock of Chapter 6, Pohl drops us right back on the therapy couch. And this time, Sigfrid goes deep. Really deep. This is the chapter where Rob’s armor starts to crack in places he did not even know existed.
Gateway Chapter 6: Welcome to Gateway - Contracts, Tunnels, and Zero-G Parties
After the intense therapy session of Chapter 5, Pohl switches gears completely. Chapter 6 is big, packed, and full of world-building. This is where we really get to see Gateway as a place where people live, work, gamble, and try not to die.
Gateway Chapter 5: Sigfrid Won't Let It Go
This chapter is short. Really short. But it packs a punch.
We are back in the therapy room with Rob and Sigfrid von Shrink. And this time, Sigfrid is not messing around.
Gateway Chapter 4: First Look at the Alien Asteroid
After two therapy chapters and one backstory chapter, we finally get to see Gateway itself. And it does not disappoint.
Gateway Chapter 3: The Memory Rob Can't Face
This chapter is short. But it hits hard.
We are back in therapy with Sigfrid von Shrink, the AI psychiatrist. And this time, Sigfrid is not letting Rob dodge the hard questions.
Gateway Chapter 2: Food Mines, Dead Fathers, and a Lottery Ticket Out
Chapter 2 takes us back. Way back. Before the money, before Gateway, before the guilt. This is where we learn where Rob came from. And it is not pretty.
Gateway Chapter 1: Rob Broadhead and His Robot Therapist
The very first line of Gateway tells you everything you need to know about the main character.
“My name is Robinette Broadhead, in spite of which I am male.”