The Fight for Peace: The Secret Story Behind the Peace Process (Vintage, £10), by journalists Eamon Mallie and David McKittrick, documents the complex, compelling, and largely untold story behind the Northern peace process. Written in a candid and objective manner, this book charts the revolution of the peace process through focusing on the numerous secret contacts between its many architects. Debunking perceptions that the creation of the current political climate is the work of politicians alone, it pays welcome tribute to the unacclaimed initiators of the peace. It is well structured and readable, and there is no doubt that this book will still be read long after the present troubles have ended. An important work: a must for any student of Northern politics.