Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)

Worlds of the Spiral Politic was a series of novels and anthologies published by Obverse Books. Each release focused on a specific setting in the Spiral Politic, as established in the Faction Paradox series.

Overview
After obtaining the Faction Paradox license in 2011, Obverse Books published several books focusing on specific settings from the series, such as the anthology range The City of the Saved and the Obverse Sextet novella Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production. Following the positive reception of these stories, Worlds of the Spiral Politic was announced in 2021 as a series of books set around the Spiral Politic, a term introduced in The Book of the War for the Great Houses' sphere of influence.

Anthologies
After a February 2021 public call for pitches set in or around the Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities resulted in almost 100 submissions, Obverse announced two anthologies of short stories in that setting. Writers for the anthologies included Kelly Hale, Dave Hoskin, Simon Bucher-Jones, Kara Dennison, Alan Taylor, Juliet Kemp, Jay Eales, Courtney Milnestein, Philip Marsh, James Maddox, Joshua Prentice, Julio Angel Ortiz and Vince Stadon, Leo Healy, Aristide Twain, Robert Shepherd, Thom Hutchinson, Tim Gambrell, Kevin Burnard, Aaron George, Ben Casson, Paul Hiscock, Gareth Madgwick, George Wells, and Athenodora Cat.

Novels
Full-length novels in the series would include books featuring Faction Hollywood, the City of the Saved, the Remote, and House Meddhoran. Announced writers included Lawrence Burton, Nick Wallace, Blair Bidmead, and Jonathan Dennis.