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The Book of the Peace

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Release date:

23 December 2018

Format:

Paperback

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The Book of the Peace was a Faction Paradox short story anthology edited by Philip Marsh and published by Obverse Books on 23 December 2018.

Publisher's summary

The Book Of The Peace

– being the only accurate record of the end of the War between the Great Houses and their Enemy, and the affects thereof on the denizens of the Spiral Politic and wider universe in the period in which the armistice was negotiated and signed.

– presenting the accounts of a small number of subjects from a range of time periods and places, using their individual perspectives to provide an experience-base from which broader generalisations may be made.

– including several carefully selected case studies, forming a history of the immediate aftermath of the Peace 'from below'.

Individual stories

Title	Author
The Ugly Spirit	Philip Marsh
What Keeps Their Lines Alive	Niki Haringsma
Going Once, Going Twice	Jacob Black
Jukebox	Aditya Bidikar
A Farewell to Arms	Nate Bumber
And To Dust We Shall Return	Alexandra Marchon
War During Peacetime	Greg Maughan
The End of the Beginning	George Mann, Philip Marsh
A Man Lays Dying	Philip Marsh

Dossier

In the months leading up to the release of The Book of the Peace, a set of promotional materials were released on the Obverse Books website under the name The Book of the Peace Dossier,^[1] described as "Being a collection of queries and responses, fragmentary documents and sundry articles of dubious provenance."^[2] This included interviews with the authors of The Book of the Peace,^[3] an author-curated Spotify playlist,^[4] and various in-universe vignettes and short stories connected to the stories in the anthology.

Title	Author	Released
Unsent letter	Philip Marsh	17 September 2018
A Scene	Niki Haringsma	7 October 2018
The Story So Far...	Jacob Black	2 October 2018
Daring Initiation		1 November 2018
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing		25 November 2018
A Farewell to R.M.S.	Nate Bumber	11 February 2019
A Prelude to a Prelude
A Shift in Focus
Inside the Looking Glass	Greg Maughan	7 February 2019
Pure Light	Philip Marsh	7 February 2019

Notes

The title of the anthology mirrors the previous Faction Paradox releases The Book of the War and The Book of the Enemy. This was referenced in advertisement for the anthology on Obverse Books' Facebook page: "First came the War, then (paradoxically) came the Enemy. All that's left is the Peace."^[5]
The cover art, painted by Lawrence Burton and edited by Cody Schell, includes obscured excerpts from William S. Burroughs' text The Coming of the Purple Better One.

External links

Official The Book of the Peace page at Obverse Books

Footnotes

[1] The Book of the Peace Dossier

[2] Archive of ObverseBooks.co.uk

[3] Talking to The Creators

[4] The Book of the Peace playlist

[5] Obverse Books on Facebook

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+=== Dossier ===
+In the months leading up to the release of ''The Book of the Peace'', a set of promotional materials were released on the [[Obverse Books]] website under the name ''The Book of the Peace Dossier'',<ref>[https://obversebooks.co.uk/the-book-of-the-peace-dossier-the-writers/ The Book of the Peace Dossier]</ref> described as "Being a collection of queries and responses, fragmentary documents and sundry articles of dubious provenance."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190117231631/https://obversebooks.co.uk/ Archive of ObverseBooks.co.uk]</ref> This included interviews with the authors of ''The Book of the Peace'',<ref>[https://obversebooks.co.uk/the-creators/ Talking to The Creators]</ref> an author-curated [[Spotify]] playlist,<ref>[https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4evmcJ84PDEzfJNNJx6Wn1 The Book of the Peace playlist]</ref> and various in-universe vignettes and short stories connected to the stories in the anthology.
+{| {{prettytable}}
+! Title || Author || Released
+|-
+|''[[Unsent letter (short story)|Unsent letter]]''
+|[[Philip Marsh]]
+|[[17 September (releases)|17 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
+|-
+|''[[A Scene (short story)|A Scene]]''
+|[[Niki Haringsma]]
+|[[7 October (releases)|7 October]] 2018
+|-
+|''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]''
+|rowspan=3|[[Jacob Black]]
+|[[2 October (releases)|2 October]] 2018
+|-
+|''[[Daring Initiation (short story)|Daring Initiation]]''
+|[[1 November (releases)|1 November]] 2018
+|-
+|''[[Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (short story)|Hark! The Herald Angels Sing]]''
+|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] 2018
+|-
+|''[[A Farewell to R.M.S. (short story)|A Farewell to R.M.S.]]''
+|rowspan=3|[[Nate Bumber]]
+|rowspan=3|[[11 February (releases)|11 February]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
+|-
+|''[[A Prelude to a Prelude (short story)|A Prelude to a Prelude]]''
+|-
+|''[[A Shift in Focus (short story)|A Shift in Focus]]''
+|-
+<!-- Please do not reorder these; they are listed in the order they appear on the Obverse website, not release order. -->
+|''[[Inside the Looking Glass (short story)|Inside the Looking Glass]]''
+|[[Greg Maughan]]
+|rowspan=2|[[7 February (releases)|7 February]] 2019
+|-
+|''[[Pure Light (short story)|Pure Light]]''
+|Philip Marsh
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 == Notes ==
 * The title of the anthology mirrors the previous ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' releases ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' and ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]''. This was referenced in advertisement for the anthology on [[Obverse Books]]' Facebook page: "First came [[War in Heaven|the War]], then (paradoxically) came [[the Enemy]]. All that's left is [[the Peace]]."<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10156022332563752 Obverse Books on Facebook]</ref>
-* The cover includes obscured excerpts from [[William S. Burroughs]]' text ''The Coming of the Purple Better One''.
+* The cover art, painted by [[Lawrence Burton]] and edited by [[Cody Schell]], includes obscured excerpts from [[William S. Burroughs]]' text ''The Coming of the Purple Better One''.
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