The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 13 books · 1996 to 2020

Peter F. Hamilton

Science fictionHorrorSpace operaSupernatural horror

Peter F. Hamilton writes huge, fast-paced space opera. His Commonwealth novels follow a future humanity linked by wormhole trains, from the first contact in Pandora's Star to the Void at the galaxy's heart, a thousand years later.

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Peter F. Hamilton books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Night's Dawn

3 books · Set in spaceSpace operaSupernatural horror
  1. 1The Reality Dysfunction1996With Joshua CalvertBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Neutronium Alchemist1997With Joshua CalvertBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Naked God1999With Joshua CalvertBuy on Amazon

Commonwealth Saga

2 books · Set in spaceSpace opera
  1. 1Pandora's Star2004Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Judas Unchained2005Buy on Amazon

Void Trilogy

3 books · Set in spaceSpace opera
  1. 1The Dreaming Void2007With EdeardBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Temporal Void2008With EdeardBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Evolutionary Void2010With EdeardBuy on Amazon

Chronicle of the Fallers

2 books · Set in spaceSpace opera
  1. 1The Abyss Beyond Dreams2014With Nigel SheldonBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Night Without Stars2016Buy on Amazon

Salvation Sequence

3 books · Set in spaceSpace opera
  1. 1Salvation2018With Feriton KayneBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Salvation Lost2019With Feriton KayneBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Saints of Salvation2020With Feriton KayneBuy on Amazon

Characters

12 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Confederation

The Commonwealth

Salvation