Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

This novel is part of the Babylon 5 series, a novelization of the television feature film that leads fans into the next, exciting phase: Crusade. Babylon 5: A Call to Arms is written by Robert Sheckley and features the sinister plot of the Drakh, former allies with the Shadows, to attack Earth in an all-out battle for supremacy!

"When the time comes to choose your target, be sure to pick the right one. Because you will only get one shot . . ."

The Shadow War is long over, and the Interstellar Alliance--presided over by former Babylon 5 commander John Sheridan--is about to celebrate the fifth anniversary of peace among its united member worlds.

But a planet, annihilated by an unspeakable weapon appears in chilling dreams. And on that world there lies a terrifying promise of 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 is Earth.

This threat will draw Sheridan back to Babylon 5--and into an uneasy partnership with a beautiful and deadly survivor of 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 . . .

J. Michael Straczynski is one of the most prolific and highly regarded writers currently working in the television industry. In 1995, he was selected by Newsweek magazine as one of their Fifty for the Future, innovators who will shape our lives as we move into the twenty-first century. His work spans every conceivable genre--from historical dramas and adaptations of famous works of literature (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) to mystery series (Murder, She Wrote), cop shows (Jake and the Fatman), anthology series (The Twilight Zone), and science fiction (Babylon 5). He writes ten hours a day, seven days a week, except for his birthday, New Year''s, and Christmas.

Robert Sheckley has written several hundred stories and sixty-five books to date. His best known novels in the science fiction field are Immortality, Inc. (produced as the movie Freejack, starring Mick Jagger and René Russo), Mindswap, and Dimension of Miracles. Mr. Sheckley also worked on the computer game Netrunner. In 1991 he received the Daniel F. Gallun Award for contributions to the genre of science fiction. He is married to writer Gail Dana, and they live in Portland, Oregon.