Clark's Law

by Jim Mortimore

Published by Dell Publishing

This book, one of the best in the series, has a great plot. It contains many interesting things in it: the weird rituals of other alien cultures, the conflict between aliens, and the conflict between duty and personal feelings. The book also brings up the philosophical questions: Should there be a death penalty? If there is, where do you draw the line?

The author shows the feelings of the crew about the execution almost perfectly. You can feel the pain of Dr. Franklin, with the stems and with his sorrow over the innocent brain damaged Tuchanq. The captain's feelings are felt very strongly. You can almost see the expressions on the characters' faces, and their great pain.

The end of the book, like the rest of it, is very good. It ends with a clever twist which makes everybody, characters and readers, happy. It (the ending) definitely is something the Captain or one of the crew would think of doing.

This book is highly recommended for B5 fans. For people who aren't familiar with Babylon 5 it isn't recommended at all. If you don't watch the series you won't understand major parts of the book.