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.