

So let's say it starts 1½ years after Year 0. Then Eros, and now the two superpowers were dividing up the solar system between them, and the one moon neither side was willing to give up was Ganymede, breadbasket of the Jovian system. The inner planets had been one big, happy, slightly dysfunctional family. This book starts not more than 1½ years after the beginning of the previous book:Įighteen months before, there hadn't been sides.

The plot takes place over the course of a few months:Įarth's blockade of Mars was entering its third month. The first novel starts at Year 0, as per your requests. I have disregarded these in the timeline and don't consider them part of the "duration" of each novel. To keep the timeline a little simpler I mostly kept to a precision of months (as you say, there are no definite dates in the books and all dating is done relative to previous events, so the precision is low to begin with) and assume it fits together with a little rounding here and there.Ī note on prologues and epilogues: These often take place some time before and after the bulk of the novel (for example, the prologue in Nemesis Games takes place one year before the first chapter). This was put together from references to time in the novels like the ones below. Babylon's Ashes: 10 years, 4 months – 10 years, 10 months.Nemesis Games: 8 years, 10 months – 9 years, 4 months.Cibola Burn: 5 years, 10 months – 7 years, 4 months.

Abaddon's Gate: 2 years, 10 months – 3 years, 4 months.Caliban's War: 1 year, 6 months – 1 years, 10 months.Leviathan Wakes: 0 years – 0 years, 4 months.Publication order is generally regarded as the best order to read the series.Here's my approximate timeline in the format you requested, starting on Year 0 at the beginning of the first novel: Ī digital comic book prequel miniseries The Expanse Origins was published in 2017 and an interquel 4-issue miniseries just called The Expanse will be released in late 2020 (probably all before Season 5 premiere). The series will be complete at nine novels, with a completation book which will mosty include most of the short works stories.Ī television series based on the books, also named The Expanse, completed production and started airing on the Syfy channel in December 2015, where it ran for 3 seasons until it was picked up for 3 additional seasons by Amazon Prime Video. One more novella is planned that will be set after the main book series. The Expanse consists of nine main novels and eight shorter works (two prequel short stories, one prequel novella, one interquel short story, and four interquel novellas).

Corey, the pen name for a collaboration between Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. The Expanse is a science fiction series of novels written by James S. Were you looking for info on the TV show, The Expanse, on Syfy channel and Amazon Prime Video?
