Peter F Hamilton's 'Night's Dawn' Trilogy has proven one of the best-selling sci-fi series of the last decade.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 sci-fi 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. Born and still living in Rutland. Peter F. Hamilton began writing in 1987 and sold his first short story to "Fear" magazine in 1988. After three novels featuring Greg Mandel, he began on "The Reality Dysfunction", the first volume of his outstandingly successful Night's Dawn trilogy, which was followed by "The Neutronium Alchemist" and "The Naked God". The essential companion and guide to the diverse elements of the massive universe Peter F. Hamilton created in his fantastic Night's Dawn Trilogy.