Glossary
Book of Parallax
The Sinestro Corps' dark scripture.
The story
Every Corps keeps its own scripture — and the Sinestro Corps' is the Book of Parallax, the dark mirror of the Guardians' Book of Oa. Where the Book of Oa records the Guardians' version of history, the Book of Parallax preserves Sinestro's: the story of fear as order, of the Guardians' failures, and of the yellow light's rightful dominion.
The book takes its name from Parallax, the fear entity entombed in the Sinestro Corps' Central Power Battery on Qward. Its pages contain Sinestro's philosophy — that only through fear can the universe know true order — alongside the Corps' laws, its history, and prophecies of the coming darkness. Like the Book of Oa, it holds a version of the Blackest Night prophecy, read through the lens of fear rather than will.
The Book of Parallax debuted during the Sinestro Corps War era (2007–08, Johns/Van Sciver), when the Sinestro Corps emerged as a fully realized dark reflection of the Green Lantern Corps — its own oath, its own battery, its own scripture. It stands as the definitive statement of Sinestro's creed: that the Guardians' way failed, and fear is the only honest foundation for order.
Artwork: DC Comics — fan tribute.