The Book of the Peace (anthology)

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 	Jayce 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,The Book of the Peace Dossier described as "Being a collection of queries and responses, fragmentary documents and sundry articles of dubious provenance."Archive of ObverseBooks.co.uk This included interviews with the authors of The Book of the Peace,Talking to The Creators an author-curated Spotify playlist,The Book of the Peace playlist 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... 	Jayce Black 	2 October 2018
Daring Initiation 	Jayce Black 	1 November 2018
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	Jayce Black 	25 November 2018
A Farewell to R.M.S. 	Nate Bumber 	11 February 2019
A Prelude to a Prelude 	Nate Bumber 	11 February 2019
A Shift in Focus 	Nate Bumber 	11 February 2019
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."Obverse Books on Facebook
* 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 ==
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== Footnotes ==
Category:FP anthologies
Category:2018 anthologies