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The Drakh have assaulted Earth with deadly Shadow technology-but the worst is yet to come in this stunning continuation of the Babylon 5 epic adventure . . . Centauri Prime has been infiltrated by malevolent allies of the Shadows, creatures known as the Drakh. While Centauri citizens continue to rebuild their war-torn planet, their secret masters work feverishly toward one ultimate goal: to crush the Interstellar Alliance once and for all. As the Drakh carry out their horrific plans, Emperor Londo Mollari languishes on his throne, a puppet of the Drakh-bred keeper, an insidious creature that monitors his every thought, word, and action. While the emperor broods, the power-obsessed Lord Durla-an unwitting Drakh pawn-follows his own agenda. But Drakh control is not absolute. Vir Cotto-a most unlikely hero-has begun a resistance movement, and Alliance President John Sheridan has sent his most trusted troubleshooter, Michael Garibaldi, to investigate. Yet this move may prove costly, and though the Centauri continue to build a new military machine, the Alliance avoids any overt confrontation, hoping the problem will go away.
- Sales Rank: #259112 in Books
- Published on: 2000-05-02
- Released on: 2000-05-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.80" h x .72" w x 4.20" l, .30 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 272 pages
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The Drakh have assaulted Earth with deadly Shadow technology--but the worst is yet to come in this stunning continuation of the Babylon 5 epic adventure . . .
Centauri Prime has been infiltrated by malevolent allies of the Shadows, creatures known as the Drakh. While Centauri citizens continue to rebuild their war-torn planet, their secret masters work feverishly toward one ultimate goal: to crush the Interstellar Alliance once and for all.
As the Drakh carry out their horrific plans, Emperor Londo Mollari languishes on his throne, a puppet of the Drakh-bred keeper, an insidious creature that monitors his every thought, word, and action. While the emperor broods, the power-obsessed Lord Durla--an unwitting Drakh pawn--follows his own agenda.
But Drakh control is not absolute. Vir Cotto--a most unlikely hero--has begun a resistance movement, and Alliance President John Sheridan has sent his most trusted troubleshooter, Michael Garibaldi, to investigate. Yet this move may prove costly, and though the Centauri continue to build a new military machine, the Alliance avoids any overt confrontation, hoping the problem will go away.
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Vir stood before the giant, crackling energy gate. The ground around him was littered with bodies. On the other side of the gate loomed something so dark, so evil, that he was paralyzed with fear, and then he remembered a time--days, even hours ago--when he had been convinced that he could never, would never, be afraid of anything ever again. He would have laughed at his arrogance were he not too terrified to laugh, and his thoughts spun back to that period a short time before--
It seems to Vir a lifetime ago that he had stood before the techno-mages and trembled. In fact, it had not even been the techno-mages themselves. Instead he had quivered as shadows in a darkened corridor had loomed around him in a most threatening manner.
Vir had been going to speak with the techno-mages on Londo's behalf. The mission had seemed fraught with peril at the time. Londo had required him to inform the techno-mages that he, Londo, wished to meet with them.
That was it. That was all. Tell them that Londo wanted to set up a meeting. Beginning, middle, end of the assignment. But oooohh, how his knees had knocked, and oooohh, how the breath had caught within his chest, all because of an assignment that had involved nothing except acting as Londo Mollari's messenger boy.
He reflected upon that incident, and found the man he was at that time to be rather amusing, even buffoonish. What a charming, amusing individual he had been. He had always acted out of concern for everyone's needs.
That person was dead.
His death had not been abrupt. Instead it had been an agonizingly slow process, as he died by degrees. The final death-blow had been when he had slain the Emperor Cartagia--
No. No, on second thought, that wasn't it at all. No, the deathblow to the man that Vir Cotto had once been had come on the day when he had waggled his fingers cheerfully at the severed head of Mr. Morden, as it adorned a pike outside the imperial residence. Oh, certainly, he had once commented how much he looked forward to such an event, but he hadn't really meant it. The truth was that it hadn't been all that long ago that seeing a bodiless head would have been enough to make him physically ill.
Yet there he had stood, reveling in the death of an enemy. Granted, Morden had been the incarnation of evil, but even so--it had been a truly hideous punishment. And the Vir of old would never have taken such personal joy and satisfaction in witnessing its aftermath.
But that was the Vir of old.
Vir had been struck by fear over many things in his life. Those huge Shadow ships, or the techo-mages, or the sight of Londo sliding toward darkness while he, Vir, could do nothing to stave off the inevitable.
However, the single most frightening thing he had ever had to contend with was pondering the future. If a few short years had turned him into the current incarnation of Vir Cotto, what in the name of the Great Maker would he be like years further down the line?
Casting aside these thoughts, the Vir-of-the-moment, however, was determined not to dwell on such things. Instead he tossed restlessly in a small vessel belonging to the every beings from whom he had cowered in fear, only a few years before.
On some level, he knew that he should be afraid of even entering a vessel belonging to techno-mages. However, in the past week alone, Vir had discovered that the new, deliriously joyful love of his life, Mariel, had actually been stringing him along. She had been playing him for a fool, using him simply to position herself so that she would have greater access to assorted diplomats and ambassadors on Babylon 5. He could guess why, although he suspected that espionage very likely had something to do with it. Then he had learned that Londo was involved with beings that were servants of the long-gone Shadows, creatures called the Drakh. One of them was named Shiv'kala, and the mere mention of the name had been enough to get Vir thrown into a Centauri Prime dungeon. If Londo had not interceded and freed him, Vir would already be dead.
He wondered just what it had cost Londo to purchase Vir's freedom. What had he promised to do in exchange? What further piece of Londo's soul--presuming there was any of it left--had been traded away so that Vir could continue on the twisted path of his own destiny?
He couldn't remember the last time he had slept soundly. Once he had entered the techno-mage vessel, however, the female named Gwynn had led him to a seat and told him in no uncertain terms to go to sleep.
"Sleep," he had said bitterly, the stink of the dungeon still heavy in his nostrils. "You can't be serious. Sleep, my dear woman, is absolutely the last thing that I'll be capable of. Thanks anyway."
Whereupon Gwynn had touched two fingers to his temple, and suddenly the room was swimming. Vir's eyelids had been unable to sustain him, and in an instant, he had passed out. It was not, however, anything remotely resembling a peaceful dream state. Images of Mariel, Londo, Timov, Durla, all tumbled one over the other, fighting for dominance in his mind. There was Londo, white-haired and tired, many years hence, with a glass of some sort of liquor clutched in his hand. He appeared to be waiting for someone.
And then someone was approaching him. It was Vir, and he had his hands out, and they were around Londo's throat, strangling him. Suddenly Vir's hands were transformed into Narn hands, and Vir was cast outside of the moment, watching as G'Kar stood over Londo with murder in his eyes--no. In his eye.
Durla was there as well, and he was dancing--yes. He was dancing with Mariel, while Chancellor Lione plucked away an aimless tune that Vir could not identify. Curiously, both Mariel and Durla were covered with blood.
There was a full-length mirror standing nearby. Vir stared into it, and he saw himself clad in the imperial white. He turned back and there was Londo, with no G'Kar in sight. He looked as he had when Vir had first met him. He looked so young. Only nine, ten years had passed since that day, but Great Maker, what a decade it had been. Londo, who had seemed so burdened with his crushed expectations of what the Centauri Republic should be, nevertheless seemed relatively carefree compared to what he would eventually become. He raised a glass to Vir and tilted it back.
Blood poured from the glass and splattered all over Londo's face. Then he placed the glass down and reached toward Vir with a blood-covered hand. Vir stepped back, back, then bumped against a wall. There was nowhere for him to go, nowhere for him to retreat. Marial and Durla waltzed past, onto a balcony, and then went over the railing and vanished from sight. Vir opened his mouth to cry out, but his voice was not his own. Instead it was the cry of millions of souls issuing from his single throat. Outside the balcony off which Mariel and Durla had just plunged, he could see Centauri Prime--and it was burning. Great tongues of flame were licking a sky thick with inky black smoke.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
Better Then The First Book, And It Was Great!
By Marc Marcuzzi
The Long Night Of Centauri Prime was a great continuation of the story that started during the last season of Babylon 5. The Armies Of Light And Dark continues on that story and explains some things about characters in the series. This part of the story centers around Vir Cotto and the changes that he has to go through in order to save his people. After reading this book, it easy to see why the character is so different in Sleeping In Light (the last episode of the B5). You also start to see how he could become emperor. One last thing you find out is what Galen was doing all the times he wasn't onboard the Excalibur. A must read for any Babylon 5 fan.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
One of the best books that I have read this year!
By Leelan P Lampkins
This book is a gem. I recommend it - period.
This is thesecond book in a trilogy dealing with what befalls Centauri Primebetween the end of the series Babylon 5 and the forseen death of LondoMollari.
The first book tells the tale of Mollari's falling under the shadow of the Drahk, old servants of the Shadows.
This book tells the story of his one time aide, Vir Cotto, who is his foreseen heir to the throne. Others have seen this part of the story as the corruption and degradation of Vir - his transformation into a shadow of his enemies. I don't see it that way - for Vir or Londo.
Vir is put through the wringer in this book. He learns things that no one would want to know - and you feel all of his pain with him! When he learns of what has happenned to Londo, your heart breaks with his. When he learns just what he must sacrifice of himself to save his people and his world, you share in his heartache and anguish. All of this is not the story of his corruption, but of his growth and his resolve to truly save his people. He comes face to face with the fact that if his people continue as they are, that they are doomed as surely as is Londo himself. And not for such selfless reasons as Londo has, but out of blind ignorance and herd mentality. You cry with Vir as it is brought home to him that some of the very people he wants to save, must die so that more of his people will live - and some must die by his hand! Vir tranforms from the naive confused Pollyana of his youth to the determined yet sorrowful hero that his people need him to be. And as you watch him grow, you know that you would not wish his fate on your worst enemy.
Londo and Vir are to be pitied for their fates, but admired for their devotion to their people and their homeworld. Each is willing to lay down his life for love of Centauri Prime as many times as it takes. Londo through the course of the five year series lost his soul in a misguided attempt to bring Centauri Prime the respect that he felt she deserved. It took him a long time to learn his mistake and longer to regain his soul. Yet he gives it up again to save his people, knowing that they will never know, knowing - this time - exactly what he is doing and exactly why he must do it. He gives up his soul so that his people might just have a chance to live. If he had not made that sacrifice of himself, millions would have died. Vir is making the same bargain, but there is the dim hope that he may succeed and retain at least a small part of his soul. Make no mistake, Londo lost himself unknowingly the first time, doing what he thought best. But the second time he gave himself away, knowing that what he did was the best awy to save his beloved Centauri. In these two books, we are not seeing the corruption of two good men. We are seeing the sacrifice that enobles these two ordinary men who leave room for hope for their people in a future filled with hatred and doom. As for the technical side of this book, Peter David has these characters down to the smallest detail. It is frightening how I heard the voices of the actors from the show speaking his words inside my head! Londo speaks with Peter Jurassic's voice! Andreas Katsulas is there as G'kar. Jerry Doyle is thoroughly there as Michael Garibaldi. Stephen Furst is onscreen fulltime as Vir. Even a minor character like Lou Welch is there as portrayed by David Crowley! It is simply amazing. It is like watching the show in my head.
My hat is off to you, Peter! I do not miss any book that you write. BUY THIS BOOK. END
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
More of the Episode That Never Was...
By happydogpotatohead
Once again, as in the previous book in the series, I had absolutely no trouble seeing this played out in my mind's eye. The characters and dialogue are again very consistent with the TV series. The book moves swiftly and there are several striking scenes, impressive even if I had never seen the series. I was fascinated by the growth and the depth of Vir Cotto, who I always thought was an underused character on B5. Unlike other reviewers I thought that the treatment of Vir Cotto, and the changes he goes through here, were entirely consistent with the character and with the B5 storyline.
One of Straczynski's recurring themes (and his imprint is all over this book) is that sometimes good people must do horrible things in order to accomplish what must be done for the good of all. This book explores that theme deeply. Vir's interior dialogue and the conflict between his heart and mind, as he does what most be done to save Centauri Prime, are well written. The book is darker and more sober than the first volume in the series, but the subject matter deserves the treatment. There are parts of the book where the action seems a bit hurried, but this does no damage to the overall storyline.
As with the first book, I ripped through it; I couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen next. This book is entirely worthy of the Babylon 5 imprint, and like the first in the series, it's probably one of the best spinoff-of-a-TV-series novels I've ever read, if not the best. I highly recommend it for B5 fans, and even for those who are not familiar with the series, it's a great page-turner.
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