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Summary: Vir hits the big time
Review: This middle part of the trilogy is the best page-turner of the three. While Emperor Mollari becomes increasingly irrelevant to events on his world, the government around him grows into something he would not have dreamed and is powerless to stop. His former attache, Vir Cotto, finds the undying love of a beautiful woman and is, to his credit, ambivalent about the whole affair. And the much-beloved techno-mage Galen makes some beautifully crafted appearances, filling in his time away from the Excalibur during the same time frame of the "Crusade" series.This volume gathers nearly the entire cast of characters from "Babylon 5," as they relate to the Centauri homeworld, and uses them variously as foils or informing observers to the action going on with Londo, Vir, and several other major Centauri characters introduced in the first book. The Drakh, imitating their Shadow masters as the universe's newest evil puppeteers, are setting up the Centauri as their unwitting allies, and one Centauri stands in their way. On to book three...
Rating:
Summary: Vir hits the big time
Review: This middle part of the trilogy is the best page-turner of the three. While Emperor Mollari becomes increasingly irrelevant to events on his world, the government around him grows into something he would not have dreamed and is powerless to stop. His former attache, Vir Cotto, finds the undying love of a beautiful woman and is, to his credit, ambivalent about the whole affair. And the much-beloved techno-mage Galen makes some beautifully crafted appearances, filling in his time away from the Excalibur during the same time frame of the "Crusade" series. This volume gathers nearly the entire cast of characters from "Babylon 5," as they relate to the Centauri homeworld, and uses them variously as foils or informing observers to the action going on with Londo, Vir, and several other major Centauri characters introduced in the first book. The Drakh, imitating their Shadow masters as the universe's newest evil puppeteers, are setting up the Centauri as their unwitting allies, and one Centauri stands in their way. On to book three...
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Summary: Another Must Read
Review: This trilogy is a MUST for B5 fans! Peter David excels when he writes books from tv series, often adding a depth to characters that television just cannot get. He nails the characters so perfectly that you can "hear" them instead of just seeing the words. This trilogy answers so many questions that the series (purposefully) left dangling in the air. We finally learn the answer to Lady Morella's riddle. We find out how Sheridan and Delenn ended up on Centauri Prime. We learn the final fate of David Sheridan and his Keeper. We see why Centauri Prime was burning. We learn how Vir ascends to the throne. We even find out what happens to two of Londo's three wives AND we find out who the Governess was at the beginning of In The Beginning! Perhaps the best part about the trilogy is the subtle way that David eases hints about the B5 universe in. In as many as a dozen sentences spread out through the three books, the reader learns more about Crusade than someone who watched the first eight episodes of that series would. Once you pick up the first book, you will not be able to stop until you have finished the trilogy.
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