Casting Shadows
by Jeanne Cavelos
Babylon 5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages (1), Babylon 5 (Novels — The Passing of the Techno-Mages 1)
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The spectacular space epic continues, as the techno-mages face the growing threat of the Shadows . . . As Elric and his student Galen watch with taut anticipation, dragons, angels, and shooting stars rain from the sky, heralding the arrival of the techno-mages on the planet Soom. It's the first time Elric-a member of the ruling Circle-has hosted such a gathering, and if all goes well, Galen and the other apprentices will emerge triumphant from the grueling initiation rites, ready to embrace show more their roles as full mages among the most powerful beings in the known universe. But rumors fly of approaching danger and Galen and his young lover, Isabelle, are chosen to investigate the dark tidings. An ancient race has awakened after a thousand years, thirsty for war, slaughter, and annihilation. Will the techno-mages be the deciding factor in the war ahead? Or the first casualties? show lessTags
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The Technomages are gathering on the planet Soom for their convocation, only held every few years. All mages will be present that can be, and all the apprentices too. Galen is one among them, and this time is very important for at this convocation he will take his initiation and become a full Technomage. But times aren’t easy for the Technomages – the Shadows have returned to their ancient home and ready themselves for war. Galen and his friend are sent on a task to bring back proof that the Shadows have returned...
This Babylon 5 book, the first in the Technomage trilogy, has very little to do with Babylon 5. The Technomages only ever appeared in one or two episodes of the series, and the main character appeared in the ill-fated show more Crusade. It does link in a little, for the mages are investigating the Shadows, and Morden appears on a couple of occasions, but I don’t believe Babylon 5 itself is ever mentioned. Still, I found this to be the best Babylon 5 book yet written. The Technomages fascinate me, and the story grips me. I would highly recommend this book. show less
This Babylon 5 book, the first in the Technomage trilogy, has very little to do with Babylon 5. The Technomages only ever appeared in one or two episodes of the series, and the main character appeared in the ill-fated show more Crusade. It does link in a little, for the mages are investigating the Shadows, and Morden appears on a couple of occasions, but I don’t believe Babylon 5 itself is ever mentioned. Still, I found this to be the best Babylon 5 book yet written. The Technomages fascinate me, and the story grips me. I would highly recommend this book. show less
I don't usually read books that are spin-offs of movies or TV series, but this trilogy really stands on its own feet.
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Before becoming an author, Jeanne Cavelos was an astrophysicist and mathematician, who taught astronomy at Michigan State University and Cornell University and worked in the Astronaut Training Division at NASA's Johnson Space Center. She decided to go into publishing and earned a MFA in creative writing. As senior editor of Bantam Doubleday Dell, show more she was the head of the science fiction/fantasy publishing program and created the Abyss imprint of psychological horror, for which she won the World Fantasy Award. In 1994, she decided to become a full-time author. She has written The Science of Star Wars, The Science of the X-Files, and The Passing of the Techno-Mages trilogy set in the Babylon 5 universe as well as short fiction, essays, and reviews. She also runs the full-service freelance company Jeanne Cavelos Editorial Services, which provides editing, ghostwriting, consulting, and critiquing services. She is the director of Odyssey, an annual summer workshop for fantasy, science fiction, and horror writers, and teaches writing and literature at Saint Anselm College. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Casting Shadows
- Original publication date
- 2001-03
- People/Characters
- Galen, a techno-mage; Elric
- Related movies
- Babylon 5 (1994 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
- "Many a man has seen himself first in a dream."
—Anonymous
Who are you? - Dedication
- To Leo F. Ferris
who first showed me
magic - First words
- Soon the war would come.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Now he found the rest, and knew truly who he was: he was the mage who carried the power of destruction, and who rather than use it, had let Isabelle die.
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- English US
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