Astrid Book 4: The Legacy tells the story of the war between Arralan and Corella and Astrid's role in it, but as seen through the eyes of the embittered daughter of a soldier Astrid had killed.
Astrid becomes a diplomat after the war and works tirelessly to help rebuild the former enemy country. She is determined to improve the lives of the Corellan people now that the years of Hallenberg's dictatorship are over. But the girl doesn't see it that way. She believes all the old propaganda and the lies that say the Arralans started the war. Smouldering inside her is a brooding hatred for all Arralans.
Years pass, and her resentment simmers below the surface, just waiting for a vent. It erupts after she meets an old Corellan soldier who tells her how the war ended-his version of how the war ended. Then through her work the girl, now a fully grown woman, discovers everything Astrid had done, including the way Astrid had killed her father. Enraged, she becomes determined to undo everything Astrid has achieved and return Corella to what she believes is its former glory.
