The former Babylon 5 commander John Sheridan - is about to celebrate the fifth anniversary of peace among its member worlds.
But a planet, annihilated by an unspeakable weapon, appears in chilling dreams. A world with a secret, promising Armageddon. For the Drakh, once servants of the bloodthirsty Shadows, are following in the footsteps of their vanquished masters - preparing to launch a devastating interstellar war. Their first target: Earth.
This threat will draw John Sheridan back to Babylon 5 - and into an uneasy partnership with a beautiful and deadly survivor of the Shadow genocide. In the desperate race to warn Earth, he must face an apocalyptic showdown with the ultimate war machine - one capable of killing an entire world . . .
