Clark's Law

This Babylon 5 novel has just about everything in it. It flashes back to the start of the Earth-Minbari war and explains why Earth had been pushing so hard into space. It also examines Clark's view of things at the time.

Then it moves to a Narn attack on a planet of Tuchanq, how the Tuchanq eventually got the Narn off their planet, and a particular Tuchanq who killed forty Narn. In the end, though, they need help rebuilding the environment of their planet and so they come to Babylon 5 to request help.

That leads to examinations of Earth politics and how the main staff at B5 have to deal with that; fights between the Narn and the Tuchanq and the revelation of what happens if a Tuchanq goes to sleep; the murder of a human by a Tuchanq and its consequences; G'Kar's revenge against Londo and how Vir figures into all of that, and Mr. Mordon's presence.

Then there's the issue of the death penalty, which is the central focus of the book, and just exactly how should the death penalty be applied, especially if the person to be executed happens to be mentally damaged, literally.

It's really an extremely good Babylon 5 book.

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