The Night's Dawn Trilogy

by Peter F. Hamilton

  2240 . . . Coronation of Gerrald Saldana as King of Kulu. Foundation of Saldana dynasty.

  2267–2270 . . . Eight separate skirmishes involving use of antimatter among colony worlds. Thirteen million killed.

  2271 . . . Avon summit between all planetary leaders. Treaty of Avon, banning the manufacture and use of antimatter throughout inhabited space. Formation of Human Confederation to police agreement. Construction of Confederation Navy begins.

  2300 . . . Confederation expanded to include Edenists.

  2301 . . . First Contact. Jiciro race discovered, a pre-technology civilization. System quarantined by Confederation to avoid cultural contamination.

  2310 . . . First ice asteroid impact on Mars.

  2330 . . . First blackhawks gestated at Valisk, independent habitat.

  2350 . . . War between Novska and Hilversum. Novska bombed with antimatter. Confederation Navy prevents retaliatory strike against Hilversum.

  2356 . . . Kiint homeworld discovered.

  2357 . . . Kiint join Confederation as “observers.”

  2360 . . . A voidhawk scout discovers Atlantis.

  2371 . . . Edenists colonize Atlantis.

  2395 . . . Tyrathca colony world discovered.

  2402 . . . Tyrathca join Confederation.

  2420 . . . Kulu scoutship discovers Ruin Ring.

  2428 . . . Bitek habitat Tranquillity germinated by Crown Prince Michael Saldana, orbiting above Ruin Ring.

  2432 . . . Prince Michael’s son, Maurice, geneered with affinity. Kulu abdication crisis. Coronation of Lukas Saldana. Prince Michael exiled.

  2550 . . . Mars declared habitable by Terraforming office.

  2580 . . . Dorado asteroids discovered around Tunja, claimed by both Garissa and Omuta.

  2581 . . . Omuta mercenary fleet drops twelve antimatter planet-busters on Garissa, planet rendered uninhabitable. Confederation imposes thirty-year sanction against Omuta, prohibiting any interstellar trade or transport. Blockade enforced by Confederation Navy.

  2582 . . . Colony established on Lalonde.