Our creator, lawrence miles, openly chewed out the ancestor cell for derailing his plans on the war on heaven. An az of faction paradox, the war, the enemy and other stuff that may not exist. The book of the war was the first release but instead of lawrence miles created faction paradox as a time travelling voodooesque cult as a villain for the bbc range of eighth doctor books. Nov 01, 2018 the first of the fp books was written well before the show was revived, so the war in heaven is unrelated to the time war against the darleks. The book of the war pdf, a standalone novel in alphabetical order before the faction paradox series from image comics, there was the war in heavena wideranging conflict between the immovable great houses, the renegade faction paradox and other major powers. This book chronicles the rise of the faction as a renegade house, the creation of a living timeship named compassion, some brutal battles across all of time and space and more. Before the faction paradox series from image comics, there was the war in heavena wideranging conflict between the immovable great houses, the renegade faction paradox and other major powers. Read more the city of the saved nonhumans not welcome.
The faction paradox series is a standalone collection of audio, prose, and comic stories set in and around the war in heaven, introduced in lawrence miles 1997 eighth doctor novel alien bodies. A war in heaven is raging between timeactive cultures, each seeking to usurp control of history. Edited by miles and featuring contributions by a number of established doctor who authors, faction paradox. The aftereffects will affect every one, including the gang in coal hill school. Who knows maybe it exists in an alternate timeline, or maybe its a whole different universe. It doesnt really matter, so long as the stories are good. The book of the war is far more than a collection of short fiction. But the nature of their enemy has always been shro. The book of the war was the fictional bookwithinabook contained in the faction paradox novel of the same name. The fiction ive written for the the faction paradox series includes. Faction paradox the book of the war pdf download darkpiratebay.
The book of the war by lawrence miles pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad a standalone novel in alphabetical order. The book of the war is far more than a collection of. Faction paradox is a fictional bbc doctor who eighth doctor adventures novel. The bbc took the faction in a different way to what miles originally intended so he spun them off into their own series. Read more war time factions as introduced by the book of the war read more causalities of war faction paradox is a spinoff of doctor who, originating in the novel alien bodies the main series is composed of books, comics, and audio dramas from several publishers. Compare the faction paradox of the earlier eighth doctor and standalone novels to the gallifreys historyrapists in the ancestor cell. Faction paradox was once a part of the doctor who universe, but now. We were created by lawrence miles, who depicted the little gallivantings of the faction across this rather odd universe of ours, which, weve been told, holds uncountable parallels to the mainstream whoniverse. The book of the war was the book which launched the faction paradox series. At the time that lawrence miles wrote alien bodies, he intended for the war in heaven to stay. Marking the first five decades of the conflict, the book of the war is an a to z of a selfcontained continuum and a complete guide to the spiral politic, from the beginning of recordable time to the. Faction paradox is a series of novels, audio stories, short story anthologies, and comics set in and around the war in heaven, a historyspanning conflict between the godlike great houses and their mysterious enemy. Interlude from a civil war by philip purserhallard. The faction paradox book series by multiple authors includes books faction paradox.
May 04, 2009 the faction paradox audio drama serials published by bbv and magic bullet are complex, flawed, difficult, inspired, and well worth your time. Part story, part history and part puzzlebox, this is a chronicle of protocol and paranoia in a. One of the more unusual literary outings for faction paradox was the first mad norwegian publication, the book of the war. It was the only book to precede the first of the faction paradox protocols. Other than philip purserhallard, the editor and creator of the city, tales of the civil war will again be allwomen. If youre not reading it yet, be aware that the first book in the series this town will never let us go is heavily stylistic. Although the faction paradox stories outside of the bbc books share situations and characters in common with the doctor who universe, the two. The book of the war novel faction paradox wiki fandom. A short story, a hundred words from a civil war in the first of the obverse anthologies, a romance in twelve parts 2011.
Sep 17, 2002 the book of the war was the first release but instead of lawrence miles created faction paradox as a time travelling voodooesque cult as a villain for the bbc range of eighth doctor books. The book of the war however, the war king hired house lolita to destroy the elevenday empire. See the complete faction paradox series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. It has been written as a companion to bbvs the faction paradox protocols audio. The book was edited by lawrence miles, and written by miles, simon bucherjones, daniel omahony, ian mcintire, mags l. This book is not for sale on the mad norwegian website.
It has been written as a companion to bbvs the faction paradox protocols audio adventures, but tailored for readers. The faction seeks to subvert history to its own ends, preferably by letting its rivals kill each other off, then swooping in to seize whatevers left presuming the universe survives. The book of the war is a hypertext multiauthor novel presented in the form of an encyclopedia of the first 50 years of the war in the faction paradox universe. Faction paradox is a splinter of the doctor who expanded universe continuities, and was originated by author lawrence miles. Faction paradox project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The book of the war, dead romance, faction paradox. Before we discuss the factions past, lets take a brief glimpse at its future. Faction paradox is a spinoff of doctor who, originating in the novel alien bodies the main series is composed of books, comics, and audio dramas from several publishers though the only one currently publishing is obverse books the series is generally set during the war between the great houses of the time lords and their enemy, with a particular focus on the eponymous. 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 effects thereof on the denizens of the spiral politic and wider universe in the period in which the armistice was negotiated and signed. Even before the outbreak of the war in heaven, faction paradox was regarded as the most unpredictable and opportunistic of the timeactive powers. Aware of the precarious nature of history but under no obligation to protect it while the other great houses were still attempting to uphold a universal order, the faction was following. This appears to be the spiritual successor to obverses excellent 2015 faction paradox anthology liberating earth, which featured only female authors. The faction paradox website as much of the original website as i could find. Faction paradox is a separate splinter from the continuum you may know as the doctor who expanded universe.
This town will never let us go lawrence miles, 2003. Considering that, it feels like an odd book indeed. Extra bonus points for calling the time war the war and using the phrase lesser species, just in case you thought it was different from the faction paradox one when the doctor came to earth to track down the nestene consciousness and its plastic servants, the autons he had no intention of finding a human companion. The first of the fp books was written well before the show was revived, so the war in heaven is unrelated to the time war against the darleks. Technically, this town will never let us go was meant to be the opening standalone faction paradox novel from mad norwegian press. Before the faction paradox series from image comics, there was the war in heavena wideranging conflict between the.
Faction paradox is a group of timeactive ritualists, saboteurs and subterfugers essentially, the criminalcult to end all criminalcults. It was the only book to be precede the initial audio stories. The book of the war faction paradox series lawrence miles on. Adventures in time and space useful information and files on using the faction in the cubicle 7 roleplaying game. At the time that lawrence miles wrote alien bodies, he intended for the war in heaven to stay indeterminably far in the doctors future, like merlin or the valeyard.
Oh, and faction paradox isnt a bunch of evil, cackling madmen that want to invade gallifrey and make it into their new home. It should be remembered, however, that with the backing of a higher power even the crudest of breeds can become something quite different. I highly highly recommend you start with the book of the war in particular, alien bodies interference the book of the war is. The book of the war by lawrence miles faction paradox. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. It has been written as a companion to bbvs the faction paradox protocols audio adventures, but tailored for readers who havent listened to the audios first.
The gallifrey chronicles travelled to romana iiis gallifrey just before the start of the war, at the same time that compassion was forcibly taken to the planet with the eighth doctor and fitz kreiner inside of her. The book of the peace 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 effects thereof on the denizens of the spiral politic and wider universe in the. Courtesy of alan stevens and magic bullet, im honored to present the web premiere of this exclusive clip. Faction paradox series by lawrence miles goodreads. Grandfather paradox is not the doctor, the enemy is not the superevolved ancestor cells of every life form in the universe, the doctors tardis is still dead, and gallifrey has not gone boom. I hope this essay will be of use to doctor who fans, but faction paradox is just too provocative and too good to be confined to who fandom any longer. On the other hand, this is such an interesting piece of work, telling the tale of the first fifty years of a time war without beginnings or ends precisely, that such arguments. A standalone novel in alphabetical orderbefore the faction parad. This book chronicles the rise of the faction as a renegade house, the creation of a living timeship named compassion, some brutal battles across all of time and. Its perhaps unwise to think of the sontarans as a species, as such. The book of the war is a reference work allowing readers to familiarise themselves with the alternate, non names for characters and organisations carried over from the bbc television series. Faction paradox is both the name of a timetravelling voodoo cultrebel grouporganized crime syndicate created by lawrence miles and a series of novels and audio adventures set in a universe at war.
The faction paradox have played a long game, but the war in heaven, where the time lords battled for the right to control history, is over. The book of the war from the elevenday empire, the leaders of the faction decided to adjust their tactics and become more subtle in their interference with the lesser species, in the hopes of avoiding notice of the great houses. Various contributions to mad norwegian presss first faction paradox book, the book of the war. Within the doctor who fandom world, i think faction paradox and other works of the era went massively wrong with magic, symbolic rituals, and lovecraftian influences. The book of the enemy the great houses hold chains that bind time and space. They are the namers and the makers, of all that is. Welcome to the malleus critical overview of the faction paradox audio drama serials, the faction paradox protocols and the true history of faction paradox magic bullet. The book of the war is a hypertext multiauthor novel presented in the form of an encyclopedia of the first 50 years of the war in the faction paradox universe based on the doctor who universe. Various contributions to mad norwegian presss first faction paradox book, the book of the war 2002. A homunculus breed, hatched by the million and engineered for fullengagement warfare, the sontaran military machine is regarded by many timeactive cultures as an occupational hazard. Dronid containing the book of the war apocrypha roleplaying games.