Timeline
The saga in order, oldest first. Dates in the novels are hard to pin down, so these are counted relative to the story.
- c. 700 years beforeThe 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.
- Year 0Death of Eo
The event that turns Darrow from a Helldiver into something else.
- Year 1Carving
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.
- Year 2-3The 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.
- About two years after the InstituteThe Summit
The grand assembly of the Golds of Mars, and the point at which a private feud becomes a civil war.
- End of the Mars civil warThe Feast
A celebration of Augustus's victory on Mars, at the close of Golden Son.
- After the feastThe Box
A place where the Jackal puts the man who embarrassed him. It's about the size of a coffin, kept in the dark.
- Late in the RisingIlium
The climactic fleet engagement of the The Rising, between Darrow's ragtag fleet and the Sword Armada of Roque.
- End of the RisingFall of Luna
The last act of the Rising, which sees the Sovereign killed and nuclear weapons detonated on the capital.
- Ten years after the RisingWar for Mercury
Darrow's unauthorised liberation campaign, which he believes can break the Remnant for good.
- Eight months after MercuryBattle of Phobos
Lysander's great move: an assault on the dockyards orbiting Mars.
- During Light BringerKalyke
The destruction of the Rim's grand fleet.
- End of Light BringerIo Summit
A peace conference between the great powers of the system, one of very few real hopes for an end to the war.