Vlad gets involved with legal issues to help out Aliera.
We see all the major players, but the book is kind of disappointing overall.
It doesn’t feel like a self-contained story, and it doesn’t progress the main story. Vlad ends in pretty much the same situation he began in.

I think if I were to reread the series another time, this is a book I’d be fine skipping. (This was my first reading of Iorich. I’ve been rereading all other books in the series so far, so had hoped for more from one that’s new to me.)