> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://murmurationpress.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # A Lot Is Moving - URL: https://murmurationpress.co.uk/a-lot-is-moving/ - Published: 2026-06-28T14:00:18.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-28T14:02:49.000Z - Author: Edward Hawkins It has been a busy few weeks at Murmuration Press. The headline is simple: **EMERGENCE**, Book One of *The PRIME Trilogy*, is now out in the world. That still feels slightly unreal to write. What began as an idea about intelligence emerging inside infrastructure has become a finished novel, a live website, an eBook release, a paperback proof, and the beginning of something larger: a small publishing and tooling project built around the way the trilogy was made. ## EMERGENCE is published Book One is now available as an eBook, with the paperback edition moving through proofing. That means the first part of the trilogy has crossed the line from manuscript to publication. The files have been compiled, checked, corrected, uploaded, reviewed and pushed through the slightly mysterious machinery of modern publishing. There is something appropriate about that. A book about systems has had to pass through quite a few systems before reaching readers. ## The paperback is coming The paperback proof has been ordered, and I am waiting to see how the book behaves as a physical object. That matters. Digital publication is fast and useful, but print has a different kind of authority. Margins, page weight, cover alignment, spine width, the feel of the thing in the hand — these are not decorative details. They affect whether the book feels real. So the paperback is close, but I want to see the proof before pressing the final button. ## Book Two is already moving Work has also started turning back toward **PLURALITY**, Book Two of *The PRIME Trilogy*. In some ways, this is the strangest part of the process. Book Two was drafted before Book One reached its final form, so returning to it now feels like meeting an older version of the project with better tools and sharper instincts. The good news is that Book Two is in strong shape. It still needs editorial passes, consistency work, and the benefit of everything learned while finishing *EMERGENCE*. But the core is there. The characters are there. The expansion from emergence into plurality is already doing the work it needs to do. ## The tools are becoming part of the project Alongside the books, I have also been working on the publishing workflow itself. The trilogy was written and prepared in Obsidian, using a mixture of structured notes, manuscript files, callouts, metadata, custom compilers, and a lot of trial and error. Over time, that has become a repeatable process for producing EPUB and PDF editions from a structured writing vault. That process now has a name: **Codex Press** Codex Press is the emerging toolkit behind Murmuration Press: part writing environment, part publishing pipeline, part experiment in how long-form fiction can be developed without surrendering control to fragile specialist software. The aim is not to create yet another configurable writing platform. The aim is to create an app and workflow that are ready to use: opinionated, practical, and designed around the actual work of writing, revising, compiling and publishing books. ## The next phase So the current state is this: - *EMERGENCE* is published as an eBook. - The paperback proof is on its way. - *PLURALITY* is moving into its next editorial pass. - The Murmuration Press website is live. - Codex Press is beginning to take shape as a real publishing toolkit. - The project now has a GitHub home, a working structure, and a growing list of features and editorial needs. That is a lot of movement. It is also only the beginning. The next few months will be about finishing the paperback release, preparing Book Two, documenting the process, and turning the hard-won publishing workflow into something cleaner, more reliable and more shareable. For now, though, I am taking a moment to mark the fact that the work has changed state. The book is no longer only a manuscript. The press is no longer only an idea. The system is live.