Timeline

Terran Date*	Title/Event
1945   Mar. 22	Startled Allies
1995   Dec. 24	Grandma’s Grandma
1996	Future Youth – Dual entry
2060-2106	Martian Iron Rush; Abundant iron & titanium supplies make possible mankind’s push into space.
2065*	The Bombala Mines Fast Draw
2066*	The Spectacular Duster Jig of Black-eyed Gadson
2068   October*	Pinch of Cinnamon
2068*	Proper Attitude
2068*	12:70
2068*	The Alba Patera Turkey Shoot
2069   June*	Sign of Iron
2071*	Under Fire
2073   May 9	First documented riping.
2075*	Shot Through
2076*	Bottleneck Harbor
2080   Sep. 10	Throwing Up Sashes
2116   Jun 7	A Piñata for Juanita Novella (multiple entries)
2140   Jan. 12	Stone Rainbow
2221   Jun. 13	Redeeming the Plumb
2227-2233	Troid Piracy War; foreshadows the upcoming Terran/Martian Wars.
2227	Dead Man’s Chest
2245	The Hoboken Disaster; marking the first faster-than-light travel. Max. FTL: 200
2246	Petersen’s Porcine Pilot
2257   May 25	Reentry
2250   May 9	Horizons
2263	Hyperidor ships are created, allowing cheap emigration to Earth-type planets. Max. FTL: 1000
2271	Future Youth Novel – Dual entry
2293   Feb. 25	Career Choice
2300	Mankind’s societal “center” shifts from Earth to the Deerkin System.
2306   Sep. 8	Passage
2373-2389	Terran/Martian Wars; Mars’ population is decimated and the planet abandoned.
2373	Terran/Martian Wars Novel
2380   Apr. 20,	Red Bastard
2390   Dec. 25	Ghost of Christmas Last
2394   Apr. 30	Hannah Twelve
2415   Aug. 15	Clippings
2415   Aug. 24	Legacy
2415   Nov. 16	PROMISE TIDE
2432   May 12	TAU
2439   May 30	Opus In Red
2476	Hardened Soul – Date approximate
2586	McDonald Phase Unit developed, allowing phased mass to pass through mass.
2600	Wendy Rajmir stories, novels – Date estimated.
2665   Sep. 10	Left Shoulder Down
2676   Nov. 13	SHARDS: Book One
2679   Apr. 21	SHARDS: Book Two
2679   Jun. 15	SHARDS: Book Three
2679   Oct. 23	SHARDS: Book Four
2679   Mar. 1	Hitting Bottom
2679   Jun. 3	The Tokyo Saki Brawl
2690   Oct. 20	Painful Joy
2735	Combining of McDonald Phase and singularity drive technologies push max. FTL to 106+
2751	First use of Pentrinsic Code – “Magic” is created.
2800	Mankind’s societal “center” shifts from Deerkin to Coda System
2898	A Piñata for Juanita Novella (multiple entries)
2953   Oct. 12	Pop Quiz
2965   Oct. 23	The Third Corollary
2965-3006	Six Planets Wars
2965	Diminished Heroes – Date approximate
2981	Unlimited Mass Transgates are created, allowing for travel through the puterverse.
2981   Oct. 30	Student of the Lesson
3007	A Higher Standard – Date approximate
3008-3009	Boson Shiv Incidents; final major conflict involving Earth before its destruction.
3014   May 30	Soldier’s Burden
3014   Oct. 11	Mind’s Eye Inward
3030	Counting to i
3039	Kerri Marks founds Trinary Collective of Musers in Centaur system, 6500 light years from Earth.
3040	homo Magicus race begins.
3049   Apr. 3	Jenny
3062   May 9	Outside The Lines
3062   May 23	The Cheat
3062   Sep. 1	Miranda’s Hope
3098	Compressed Plane Insertion drives invented by Jenn Navarra, eliminating need for fusion engines.
3153   Apr 3	Troublemaker
3169   Nov 23	Garnwalling the Yokel
3190-3340	Centaur’s Gambit: The 150 Years War. Period of war and unrest for all mankind.
3200	The Tabloid Adventures of Nathaniel and Horace – Date estimated
3353	Earth ceases to exist, no further Sol-based novels
3400
3450	Neural Mass Folding implemented, allowing for near instantaneous travel at any distance.
3491   Dec. 25	Whitey’s Gift

Dates are set by opening of novel/story, discounting minor prologues

• Finished Novels are in Red
• Finished Shorts are in Blue
• Unfinished Novels are in Magenta
• Unfinished Shorts are in Light Blue
• Significant technological/historical events in the Shards Universe are in Green
• Major wars are in Dark Green.

* indicates fictional date (H.K. Devonshire stories only)

Other novels have been scripted, but as yet have neither dates nor titles.