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c4binfever
The Junk Committee
#1 - 2015-06-17 10:59:43 UTC
Hi all,

I'm looking to read one of the publications about eve but not sure where to start?

Is there a timeline they follow or anything?

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ISD Sheliak Mesarthim
ISD New Eden Correspondents
ISD Alliance
#2 - 2015-06-17 16:46:25 UTC
The EVE books take place in chronological order in the order of publication.

The Empyrean Age by Tony Gonzales is set in YC110 in the events leading up to the Empyrean Age expansion. Several characters and storylines in TEA have their origins in some of the EVE Short Stories, so you could start with those.

The Burning Life, by CCP Abraxas is not a direct sequel to TEA and explores more of the lives of the common people and the people in the pirate factions. It has been called a "tour of New Eden" which I think is an apt description, and in some ways it's more like a collection of connected chronicles than a cohesive novel. CCP Abraxas also wrote most of the EVE Chronicles, and among them is another longer serial worth reading, called Black Mountain.

Templar One, also written by Tony Gonzales, is in many ways a sequel to the Empyrean Age. It details the development of the DUST clone soldier program and its consequences.

EVE: Source might also be worth getting. It's a compilation and deep dive into the EVE lore, detailing the histories of the empires, what it's like to live in the various factions, and much more.

The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. - Thomas Paine

ISD Sheliak Mesarthim - ISD Mercury
c4binfever
The Junk Committee
#3 - 2015-06-17 19:47:41 UTC
Thanks for the detailed reply. Totally checking them out after i get paid :D

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