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Anna Sheridan has two passions--her husband, John, and the mystery surrounding some intriguing artifacts found during a mission to a distant planet called Z'Ha'dum. Now she gets orders to become the science officer on the follow-up mission scheduled for the spaceship Icarus. Happy, young, beloved, and brilliant, never has a woman had so much to live for. Or so much to lose. While John, recently promoted to the rank of captain, struggles with his new command on the Agamemnon, Anna begins to show more assemble her science crew...and makes a first mistake. She signs on Dr. Morden, a highly credentialed translator whose heart hides a weakness that can cost Anna her life or her soul. Her second mistake is to underestimate the danger of Z'Ha'dum. What is awaiting the Icarus near the rim of known destiny...and a dark future that can crush her husband's dreams and a terror that can come back to haunt us all. show lessTags
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Having recently finished watching the entire TV series of Babylon 5 and most of the movies, i wanted to read a few of the books which others said helped to flesh out the story arcs a bit. This is book 7 of the 9 stand alone books written about Babylon 5. There are also 3 trilogies of stories. My research showed that book 7 and book 9 along with the 3 trilogies are considered to be canon to the series, as well as being well written and helping to fill out story pieces.
This book was available at the library and so is the first of the Babylon 5 books i've read. I wasn't disappointed. The book focuses mainly on the story of the Icarus which journeyed to Z'ha'dum with John Sheridan's wife Anna aboard before the dedication of Babylon 5. It show more also intertwines pieces of story about John Sheridan and Jeff Sinclair and their activities during this same time period. I think i most enjoyed seeing John Sheridan and Jeff Sinclair prior to their arcs in the TV series. It felt good, and helped make a bit more meaningful the change in leadership which occurred on Babylon 5.
If you enjoyed the TV series, you'll enjoy this book. show less
This book was available at the library and so is the first of the Babylon 5 books i've read. I wasn't disappointed. The book focuses mainly on the story of the Icarus which journeyed to Z'ha'dum with John Sheridan's wife Anna aboard before the dedication of Babylon 5. It show more also intertwines pieces of story about John Sheridan and Jeff Sinclair and their activities during this same time period. I think i most enjoyed seeing John Sheridan and Jeff Sinclair prior to their arcs in the TV series. It felt good, and helped make a bit more meaningful the change in leadership which occurred on Babylon 5.
If you enjoyed the TV series, you'll enjoy this book. show less
The first of the Babylon 5 books to be considered canon, it covers the back story of John & Anna Sheridan and the mysterious Mr. Morden. It fits in perfectly with the tone of the original TV series, and fleshes out two of the more obscure characters.
One of the best stand-alone B5 novels, it acts as prequel to 'The Passing of the Techno-mages' trilogy also written by Jeanne Cavelos.
Highly recommended to B5 fans!
One of the best stand-alone B5 novels, it acts as prequel to 'The Passing of the Techno-mages' trilogy also written by Jeanne Cavelos.
Highly recommended to B5 fans!
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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
- The Shadow Within
- Original title
- The Shadow Awakens
- Original publication date
- 1997-04
- People/Characters
- Anna Sheridan; Harry Morden
- Important places
- Z'ha'dum
- Related movies
- Babylon 5 (1994 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
- "The present and the past are perhaps both present in the future and the future is contained in the past."
—T. S. Eliot - Dedication
- To my mother
- First words
- Anna Sheridan rested her elbows on her desk and her chin on her nested fists, studying the artifact that lay before her.
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