About the book: 2000 / The Centauri Trilogy, part 2. The bombing of the forces of the Interstellar Alliance threw Centauri Prime back into the Stone Age; The Centauri civilization is slowly and painfully recovering from the terrible wounds inflicted on it under the leadership of Emperor Londo Mollari. However, Londo himself becomes a pawn in the hands of a powerful race - the Drakh, who implanted a Guardian in him. The terrifying plans of these creatures turned Centauri Prime into a source of gathering forces to strike at their main rival, the Interstellar Alliance. Only the outwardly weak and narrow-minded Vir Kotto, a former assistant to the emperor when he was his ambassador to Babylon 5, can resist these plans. Willing but unable to resist, Londo practically watches from the sidelines as his home world turns into a blind police state with a shadow government — The Drakh are at the head. The Drakh rule the planet through Londo and, with the help of Mollari, through their protege - the cruel, indifferent minister Durla.