- Paperback: 259 pages
- Publisher: Dell Pub Co (April 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440223482
- ISBN-13: 978-0440223481
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 505,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 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.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Firstly this book is absolutly fantastic, its not only well written but its also extremely engaging. Normally I like to savour books, taking my time while I read, but this one I could not put down. It really fleshes out the character of Anna, adn allows us to see the vertitable malestrom of emotions that drove Mordern to chossing his dark fate. The book does have a realted story and Id be lying if I said it was even half as interesting as the main plot, still it provides a better insight into John's character and his past. Overall I cant fault the novel, and moreover one can now appricate the maturity of Cavelos' writting in the later trilogy, espically in the all too brief pages where Kosh and the Shadows appear. The talent of Cavelos should not be underestimated, she is an excellent writer, and I strongly recommend her novel.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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`The Shadow Within' is described as a prequel to `The Passing of the Techno-Mages' trilogy and is written by Jeanne Cavelos, who has very quickly become for me a force of the sci-fi genre, following three of the best sci-fi books I've read in recent years- `Casting Shadows', `Summoning Light' and `Invoking Darkness'.
Although (with great intelligence and skill) describing the events that took place before the beginning of `The Passing of the Techno-mages' trilogy and also revealing precisely how it was that Anna Sheridan fell into the nightmarish hands of the shadows, in no other way does this book compare to that outstanding trilogy, which detailed Galen the techno-mage's fraught journey across the universe and through the years, as he came to terms with the loss of loved ones and the loss of innocence.
There isn't a techno-mage in sight here. But more than that...there's an inescapable quality that pervades this story of destinies being fulfilled, because any Babylon 5 fan will know what eventually became of Anna and learning how much of a decent, adventurous and loving individual she once was, only makes the knowledge of her eventual demise (in the season three finale `Z'Ha'Dum') all the more horrific and consequently- this book slightly less enjoyable (at least for this reader who knew what was coming even before beginning this book). Because let's face it- Melissa Gilbert's portrayal of Anna Sheridan in that episode was far from sympathetic- not that it was meant to be, she brought a sinister, seductive quality to a very difficult role, considering she was the human embodiment of the evil that the Shadow race represented. So to get to know the character here as she truly was, as she was before she underwent that irrevocable transformation into a living CPU is disturbing to say the least.
Let me be clear though...Jeanne Cavelos is an extremely talented author, her style is tremendously gripping and for any B5 fan this is a must-read. But were it not for the John Sheridan/Agamemnon story-arc, which is much shorter in comparison to his wife's story-arc, but much more compelling in my view (perhaps because I didn't know what was coming) this wouldn't even be in the same universe as `The Passing of the Techno-mages' trilogy. An engrossing and informative read nonetheless.
Although (with great intelligence and skill) describing the events that took place before the beginning of `The Passing of the Techno-mages' trilogy and also revealing precisely how it was that Anna Sheridan fell into the nightmarish hands of the shadows, in no other way does this book compare to that outstanding trilogy, which detailed Galen the techno-mage's fraught journey across the universe and through the years, as he came to terms with the loss of loved ones and the loss of innocence.
There isn't a techno-mage in sight here. But more than that...there's an inescapable quality that pervades this story of destinies being fulfilled, because any Babylon 5 fan will know what eventually became of Anna and learning how much of a decent, adventurous and loving individual she once was, only makes the knowledge of her eventual demise (in the season three finale `Z'Ha'Dum') all the more horrific and consequently- this book slightly less enjoyable (at least for this reader who knew what was coming even before beginning this book). Because let's face it- Melissa Gilbert's portrayal of Anna Sheridan in that episode was far from sympathetic- not that it was meant to be, she brought a sinister, seductive quality to a very difficult role, considering she was the human embodiment of the evil that the Shadow race represented. So to get to know the character here as she truly was, as she was before she underwent that irrevocable transformation into a living CPU is disturbing to say the least.
Let me be clear though...Jeanne Cavelos is an extremely talented author, her style is tremendously gripping and for any B5 fan this is a must-read. But were it not for the John Sheridan/Agamemnon story-arc, which is much shorter in comparison to his wife's story-arc, but much more compelling in my view (perhaps because I didn't know what was coming) this wouldn't even be in the same universe as `The Passing of the Techno-mages' trilogy. An engrossing and informative read nonetheless.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
When i read this book i wasnt expecting not to be able to put it down! but the two story lines pull you in, the Sheridan storyline isn't so important as that that is taking place abord the Icarus.
No going to spoil but read carefully and watch out for references to the series suchj as the improperly translated Question What is Desired?
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