I don't hide the fact that I am a big Babylon 5 fan.  As such, when this book came out, all reading on any other book immediately stopped.  This is the second in a Techno-mage trilogy of Babylon 5, similar to the Centauri and Psi-Corp trilogy that have been previously done.  This series, however, is FANTASTIC.  I really felt that the first book did a very good job of character development for Galen (the techno-mage in Crusade) and Elric (the techno-mage seen in Season 2 of B5).  This book continues that story and ties in the events that we, the viewer, saw in the series.  Of course, since this is based on a jms outline, you know that nothing is as it appears, which holds true.  A fantastic read for the Babylon 5 fan.