The book tells how Geoffrey Sinclair recreated the Rangers and took over the responsibilities of Entil'Zha - the head of the Rangers. It tells about the events that happened behind the scenes of the second season of the series “Babylon 5”. On the outskirts of the Galaxy, after a thousand-year absence, the Shadows reappear, and the Minbari military caste directly prohibits its members from joining the Rangers. The Rangers, already weakened by thousands of years of inaction, are losing their members. To revive the prestige of the organization, Sinclair takes very controversial measures... The Cole brothers appear for the first time in the book, and an explanation is given for the disappearance of Katherine Sakai. After reading the book, Sinclair's decision to go back in time becomes clearer.