book one
Opening literary volume
Book one is the first installment of a multi-volume work, typically a novel series or epic narrative: Book one introduces the main characters and sets up the conflict.
The phrase functions as a title element or descriptor, distinguishing the opening volume from its sequels.
Sometimes written as one word (book-one) when used attributively: the book-one cliffhanger.
- first chapterBook's introductory segment
- prologueIntroductory literary section
- beginningInitial stage of something
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- openingGap or start
opening act · genesis · origin · origin story · series · prequel · tome · novel · saga · trilogy · debut · start · starting point · manuscript · first edition · pilot · launch · premiere
- book seriestrilogy, duology, tetralogy, pentalogy, saga
- book partspage, pages, cover, index, chapter
- Psalmspsalm, psalter, Psalm 91, psalmody, penitential psalms
- Horacecarpe diem, Augustus, golden mean, lyric poetry, Augustan age
- Roman epicVirgil, Aeneid, Aeneas, Sibyl, in medias res
narrative function
book oneconclusion
End or deduction
finale · epilogue · denouement · resolution · ending
book, one, books, booked, booking, bookish, booklet, booklets, bookings