Sabbath Dei

Faction Paradox Protocols

by Lawrence Miles

Primer for the Spiral Politic (Post-War Edition)
3: Sabbath Dei (1740-1782 AD?)

Era: Human historical (pre-industrial period). Technology: Acquired, ritual time-awareness.

Right from its creation, the secret intelligence service of Great Britain was touched by a streak of ritual: its initiations were usually occult, its codes based on astrological or alchemical ciphers. When Faction Paradox first entered Earth history in the 1700s, the Service took an immediate interest in the new arrivals' own ritual practices, and in the inevitable feud between British and Faction agents no single figure was as important as Sabbath. He's now remembered as one of the few individuals to bring his own agenda to the War...

Genres: Doctor Who

Audio CD

First published February 1, 2003

Reviews

[CJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sabbath Dei is an interesting, if not a little confusing, continuation of the Faction Paradox story. The plot has enough intrigue going on that it held my interest. I genuinely can't wait to find out what happens next.

The world building is great, with new aspects of this world opened up and ready to explore.

The voice cast does an excellent job, with their delivery of some of the fun dialogue being a standout aspect.

[Livia Bergstrand · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't give a rating to the previous 2 volumes because of how complex and lore-dense they are, as well as them mostly serving as build-up,
now that we are well into the story I can talk about how much I love this,
Faction Paradox is such a complex and artistic franchise, it doesn't seem to have so much in the way of plots as it has lore, dense, gothic lore that is gradually explored intensely by showing a panorama of brilliant characters simply being present within the world building,