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Timeline

The saga in order, oldest first. Dates in the novels are hard to pin down, so these are counted relative to the story.

  1. c. 700 years before
    The Conquering

    The war in which the Gold families, operating from Luna, smashed Earth's nations. In the Society's official telling it's the beginning of history.

  2. Year 0
    Death of Eo

    The event that turns Darrow from a Helldiver into something else.

  3. Year 1
    Carving

    The art of the Violet fleshcarvers, who can remake a body in almost any way, from a cosmetic adjustment up to a Color change, and can do it to order.

  4. Year 2-3
    The Institute

    The Society's elite school, in which young Golds are divided up into twelve houses named for gods, and turned loose in a valley to enslave one another. Winners gain patrons. The losers may not live.

  5. About two years after the Institute
    The Summit

    The grand assembly of the Golds of Mars, and the point at which a private feud becomes a civil war.

  6. End of the Mars civil war
    The Feast

    A celebration of Augustus's victory on Mars, at the close of Golden Son.

  7. After the feast
    The Box

    A place where the Jackal puts the man who embarrassed him. It's about the size of a coffin, kept in the dark.

  8. Late in the Rising
    Ilium

    The climactic fleet engagement of the The Rising, between Darrow's ragtag fleet and the Sword Armada of Roque.

  9. End of the Rising
    Fall of Luna

    The last act of the Rising, which sees the Sovereign killed and nuclear weapons detonated on the capital.

  10. Ten years after the Rising
    War for Mercury

    Darrow's unauthorised liberation campaign, which he believes can break the Remnant for good.

  11. Eight months after Mercury
    Battle of Phobos

    Lysander's great move: an assault on the dockyards orbiting Mars.

  12. During Light Bringer
    Kalyke

    The destruction of the Rim's grand fleet.

  13. End of Light Bringer
    Io Summit

    A peace conference between the great powers of the system, one of very few real hopes for an end to the war.

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