Continuing the main theme of Babylon 5, Peter David’s novel at the same time does not pretend to be of the same universal scope and concentrates mainly on one problem - power and the mechanism of its functioning. Actually, this theme was also heard in Babylon 5, but in Legions of Fire the emphasis is placed much more sharply, tragically and uncompromisingly... whether you wanted to rule or not, but if Fate is destined for you to get to the upper floors of the pyramid of power, you won’t be able to to get there without getting up to your ears in mud. “We are all doing everything we can... to save our people. But I'm not an idiot. And I'm not a naive boy. I knew that I couldn’t continue to remain with clean hands. — And therefore I decided to immediately get dirty up to my ears. Vir nodded.”