In Addiction of Power, Aidan agrees to deliver information to Finnian Intelligence while on a trip with his great aunt Máire and sister Tetia, when Kergan, the Rebel leader, attacks their ship. Aidan escapes with his family and is befriended by a war criminal, Marisa, and her daughter, Gayla, who were introduced in the previous novel, and they assist him in surmounting the power struggle. This starts everyone on a journey to end the civil war. Factions on both sides of the conflict must wrestle with the implications of peace: an end to the bloodshed versus losing power. It also plants the seeds for threats from beyond the Milky Way galaxy.