Year 2259. For ten years, the race of earthlings was forced to live under the fear of complete destruction. They were slaves and helpless victims. But now everything has changed. When the people of Earth had a chance to use the help of the Shadows, they, without hesitation, grabbed it. Demoralized by their catastrophic defeat at the Battle of the Second Frontier, the Minbari retreat. The earthlings are preparing to strike back...

The wheel of karma has turned, and now the earthling fleet is standing at Minbar, but what is their goal, to end the cycle of pain and destruction or to continue it? As the Gray Council falls apart, it seems that not even Sinoval can save his planet from destruction. He would be lucky if he could save the Gray Council from destruction, that should be his goal. As fire rains down from the skies of Minbari, a coalition has formed to save the planet and the hopes and dreams of billions. Meanwhile, Londo returns to Centauri Prime, he hopes to restore order there, but only encounters all sorts of traps, and the result of Bester's trip to Proxima 3 is a fiasco of some of his plans.