Confederation Handbook, The: Vital Guide To The ''Night'S Dawn

Description: The Reality Dysfunction ... The Neutronium Alchemist ... The Naked God Peter F.Hamilton's 'Night's Dawn Trilogy' has proved one of the best-selling Science-Fiction series of the last decade, and the most dramatically successful from a UK author.This handbook is an essential companion volume for all the countless readers past, present and future for whom this massive trilogy has evolved into a defining SF classic. It comprises general background information relating to all three volumes, with comprehensive notes and glossaries on the major characters, planets, space stations, political hierarchies, weaponry, spacecraft, invasions, and the many alien races with their diverse social economies, industries and technologies. 'From the outset, Hamilton won over the sci-fi aficionados with the coherence of his invented universe' The Times Contents: Introduction - i: The Confederation in 2611 Unit - 1: Adamist Culture Chapter - 1: Nanonics Chapter - 2: Cosmoniks Chapter - 3: Mercenaries Chapter - 4: Exowombs Chapter - 5: Education Chapter - 6: Governments Chapter - 7: Religion Chapter - 8: Colonization Chapter - 9: Defence Unit - 2: Edenist Culture Chapter - 1: Identity Continuity and Habitat Consciousness Chapter - 2: Genetic Engineering Chapter - 3: Exowombs and Reproduction Chapter - 4: Education Chapter - 5: Culture Chapter - 6: Religion Chapter - 7: Serpents Chapter - 8: Converts Chapter - 9: Government Chapter - 10: Law Chapter - 11: Currency Chapter - 12: Economy Chapter - 13: Finance Chapter - 14: Industry Chapter - 15: Trade Chapter - 16: Habitats Chapter - 17: The Hundred Families Chapter - 18: The Atlantis Islands Unit - 3: Starships and Weapons Chapter - 1: Voidhawks Chapter - 2: Blackhawks Chapter - 3: Adamist Starships Unit - 4: Members of the Confederation in 2610 Chapter - 1: The Confederation Navy Chapter - 2: Sol System Chapter - 3: Kulu Chapter - 4: The Principality of Ombey Chapter - 5: Tranquility Chapter - 6: Avon Chapter - 7: Lalonde Chapter - 8: Norfolk Chapter - 9: Nyvan Chapter - 10: The Dorados Chapter - 11: New California Chapter - 12: Srinagar Chapter - 13: Valisk Unit - 5: Sentient Xenoc Species Chapter - 1: Tyrathca Chapter - 2: Klint Chapter - 3: Jiciro Unit - 6: Principal Characters Chapter - A: The Main Protagonists Chapter - B: Other Leading Figures Section - 7: Timeline Author Biography: Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and still lives nearby. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night's Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, short-story collections and several standalone novels including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.