 The King and Creon are slain; Miriam escapes to New Britain; and Mike is captured by Miriam's mother Patricia and her ally Olga.Reviews noted that "The Clan Corporate" suffers from a similar issue as the first book; it is clearly the first part of a two-part story, and ends on a cliffhanger with its plot threads still hanging.The Merchant's War is the fourth book of "The Merchant Princes", published in 2007.