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A novelization of the second full-length "Babylon 5" television film, this story explores the depths of cyberspace, where a squad of Starfuries makes a discovery that could affect the destiny of the civilized universe. Have they found the threshold to a new age - or a gateway to hell?

Peter David is well known for his Star Trek novels, one of which, Imzadi, reached the New York Times bestseller lists. Here, he turns his attention to Babylon 5 and the second TV movie, Thirdspace. This is a straightforward novelization: all the dialogue from the movie is here on the page, and the action follows the film closely. However, David has done a good job of fleshing it out with the inner musings of the characters, and he has introduced a subplot involving two feuding brothers that nicely illuminates the story from a civilian perspective.

The plot involves a mysterious alien artefact that Ivanova finds in hyperspace. It's brought back to the station where Elizabeth Trent, a visiting xenoarchaeologist, powers it up. A malevolent telepathic power immediately begins to take control of the minds of many of the station's residents, and it looks as if Captain Sheridan may have met his match--even the Vorlons were afraid of this creature! David gallops through an exciting story in his usual breezy style, handling the action sequences with some verve and on occasion almost surpassing the original effects with his descriptions of the alien menace. --Liz Sourbut