This is the story in chronological order and will include all novels and other materials derived from them.
Prior to 2440:
The Great Rot: A Prologue
The Confederated Corporations Agreement
The Covenant of Corporate Citizenship
The Marmaduke Family
The Beacon Network
2440
May
- 3 May 2440 – Thursday
- 7:45 PM: The Beacons Wake – First contact begins with a mystery humanity has ignored for eighty-five years—the Beacons. Thursday Night became Must See TV around the globe.
- 10:08 PM: Amazon Executive Emergency Session – Amazon’s leadership confronts first contact as a refugee emergency, a security crisis, and a race to control the future.
- 4 May 2440 – Friday
- May The 4th Be With You – The World reacts to first contact.
- 5 May 2440 – Saturday
- 12:00 AM: The Cradle of Earth –
- 9:00 AM: Zero Hour 9:00 AM –
- 9:23 AM: Touchdown at the Freehold –
- 9:40 AM: Aboard the VMS Kalnareth: Guests or Intruders –
- 9:45 AM: Shadow Over Missouri –
- 9:50 AM: Diplomacy and Negotiation –
- 10:00 AM: Logistics, Medicine, and Mutual Trust –
- 10:05 AM: Media Access and First Impressions –
- 10:10 AM: Housing, Roads, and Who Has Keys –
- 10.15 AM: Dispatches from the Farm: First Contact Protocols –
- 10:38 AM: Mobilization –
- 11:30 AM: Camp Krieger –
- 11:30 AM: Plans? What Plans –
- 12:00 PM: The C-Suite Meeting –
- 12:05 PM: Noon Briefing: Vaccine Developed, Matt Doses First – In a global broadcast, Matt takes the first human-dose V’ren vaccine.
- 12:30 PM: Camp Arrivals –
- 1:00 PM: The Shadowed Land –
- 3:00 PM: First Press Briefing: Missouri Landing –
- 3:30 PM: North Park Apartments –
- 4:00 PM: Jimmy, The V’ren, and Pepe –
- 8:40 PM: A Gift of Muses –
- 9:00 PM: Field Report: T’mari to W’ren – Nightfall Reflections –
- 10:20 PM: Strangers No Longer –
- 10:35 PM: Hearth and Guest Right –
- 11:30 PM: Earth in Her Hand –
- 11:45 PM: The Dad Abides –
- 6 May 2440 – Sunday
- 12:07 AM: The Ground Beneath Us –
- 12:20 AM: First Contact, Straight Answers: Matt Marmaduke on Day One –
- 5:00 AM: Breakfast on Filipino Time –
- 5:55 AM: Media Round Up: The First 24 Hours –
- 7:00 AM: Fortified –
- 7:45 AM: Can I poke Him? –
- 8:00 AM: A Place at the Table –
- 9:00 AM: We are V’ren of Earth –
- 9:30 AM: His Community –
- 10:00 AM: T’mari, L’Tani, and the Turning World –
- 12:00 PM: Mid-Day Headlines
- 1:00 PM: The Chicago Briefing: Corporate Realignment in the Age of Marmaduke –
- 2:00 PM: Fashionistas –
- 4:00 PM: A Friendly Reminder –
- 5:00 PM: Came For The Blessing, Stayed For The Food
- 5:45 PM: Sunsets and S’mores –
- 6:00 PM: It Is Pronounced Gar-Shaw –
- 7:00 PM: Mayo, Memory, and the Fire Watch –
- 7:30 PM: Federline-Maddox Fallout –
- 8:30 PM: The Sandwich, the Olive, and the Invitation –
- 9:00 PM: A Misplaced Daughter –
- 10:00 PM: Field Report: T’mari to W’ren – Second Report
- 10:00 PM: Late Night News Cycle May 6, 2440
- 10:00 PM: Office of Alien Affairs – Public Statement, May 6, 2440
- 7 May 2440 – Monday
- 6:30 AM: I Think I Can Manage –
- 7:20 AM: Matt’s Homes for Girls
- 9:00 AM: After the Horde –
- 12:00 AM: Mid-Day Headlines
- 1:25 PM: Against The Wind
- 4:45 PM: Late Afternoon Headlines
- 6:00 PM: Dinner and a Movie
- 10:00 PM Community Announcement –
- 10:00 PM Q&A with Dave Roxas
- 8 May 2440 – Tuesday
- 12:00 AM: MORNING HEADLINES FEED — MAY 8, 2440
- 5:00 AM: Meeting the Neighbors
- 12:00 PM: Marmaduke Freehold LLC (Statement) –
- 4:00 PM: FROM THE DESK OF PUBLIUS
- 5:00 PM: Office of Alien Affairs – Public Statement, May 8, 2440
- 6:00 PM: Blood and Blade: The Day House T’all Was Reborn
- 9:00 PM: Q&A with Pam Littleton
- 10:30 PM: Late Meal, Long Shadows
- 9 May 2440 – Wednesday
- 4:55 AM: Pilgrimage
- 6:00 AM: Europa Civic Journal: Questions of Accountability Mount
- 12:00 PM: The Spies Arrive
- 2:05 PM: What is a Freehold
- 9:00 PM: Q&A with Maisie Hart & Nyla Chakrobarty
- 11:15 PM: American Girl
- 10 May 2440 – Thursday
- 2:15 AM: Try Not To Look So Human
- 6:00 AM: New England Chronicle – Just Wait Until Friday
- 3:30 PM: Lessons in Power, Dresses, and Thrones
- 6:00 PM: Office of Alien Affairs – Public Statement, May 10, 2440
- 10:00 PM: The CCA at 317
- 11 May 2440 – Friday
- 8:00 AM: Freehold Friday – People Magazine
- 11:30 AM The Sorority Seven
- 12:00 PM The Book That Doesn’t Open: The Freehold’s Quiet Sovereignty
- 4:20 PM: The General Arrives
- 4:45 PM: Raspberry Cobbler and Revolution
- 5:15 PM: What to Wear When You Want a Baby
- 6:15: PM: Pizza, Patios, and Patricians
- 11:45 PM: HEADLINES – May 11, 2440 | EVENING CYCLE
- 12 May 2440 – Saturday
- 12:10 AM: On Deck
- 6:15 PM: The Baseball Park
- 8:00 pm: Office of Alien Affairs – Public Statement, May 12, 2440
- 13 May 2440 – Sunday
- 14 May 2440 – Monday
- 15 May 2440 – Tuesday
- 5:00 AM: A Lord Among Stars
- 16 May 2440 – Wednesday
- 8:25 AM: The Reckoning – T’mari’s return to Earth
- 10:05 AM: The Morning After
- 11:45 AM: Aftermath and Optics
- 1:00 PM: Quiet Roads, Unspoken Bonds
- 3:00 PM: Campus Interviews – May 16th: Knowledge, Legacy, and a Little Gossip
- 5:45 PM: After the Interviews
- Evening: Soft Drinks and Slow Dances
- 8:00 PM: Life at the Freehold: The Town That Already Has a Group Chat
- 8:00 PM: Life at the Freehold: Loyalty, Mercy, and the Long Quiet Work of Becoming
- 17 May 2440 – Thursday
- 18 May 2440 – Friday
- Marmaduke Inc
- Lunch in Springfield
- Marmaduke Logistics – Rolla Spaceport Site
- Dinner with Family
- Matt Watch – Media Wrap Ups
- 19 May 2440 – Saturday
- Little Rabbit and the Breakfast Rebellion
- Saturday Market
- The Myth of Matt and Mittens the Murder Kitty
- On Property, Ownership, and the Fiction of Absolute Title
- Matt Watch – Media Wrap Ups
- 20 May 2440 – Sunday
- Furniture, Fridges, and the Future
- The Tech Weenie and the High Lord
- Routes and Responsibilities
- Matt Watch – Media Wrap Ups
- 21 May 2440 – Monday
- 22 May 2440 – Tuesday
- Matt Watch – Moning Media Wrap Ups
- Columbia Collective Coucil Open Session Morning
- Columbia Collective Coucil Open Session Afternoon
- Dinner at the Tiger Hotel with the Lee Family
- Matt Watch – Media Wrap Ups
- Frontline Earth: The Man, the Machine, and What We Think We Are Owed
- Global Standard Online: If Marmaduke Won’t Fix Our Problems, Why Is He Coming At All?
- Continental Voice: If the High Lord Won’t Help, Why Are the Aliens Still Here?
- Global Ledger: Angry at the High Lord? You Already Know Where to Hit Him
- Matt Responds
- 23 May 2440 – Wednesday
- 24 May 2440 – Thursday
- 25 May 2440 – Friday
- 26 May 2440 – Saturday
- 27 May 2440 – Sunday
- 28 May 2440 – Monday
- Not So Fast
- Mexico City-toluca-quincenera
- 29 May 2440 – Tuesday
- The Claudia Problem
- mexico city
- 30 May 2440 – Wednesday
- 31 May 2440 – Thursday
June
- 1 June 2440 – Friday
- 2 June 2440 – Saturday
- 3 June 2440 – Sunday
- 4 June 2440 – Monday
- Overnight Media Reaction to June 3 Deliver Event
- 12:00 PM: Hill of Shadows
- 3:00 PM: Tokyo, Take One.
- 5:30 PM: Tokyo, Take Two
- 6:00 PM: Tokyo Night Out
- 6:45 PM: Kitakyushu Port
- 7:10 PM: The Ferry to Tokyo
- 8:00 PM: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
- 5 June 2440 – Tuesday
- 6 June 2440 – Wednesday
- Nobody Looked at the Motorcycle
- 7 June 2440 – Thursday
- London – West End
- 8 June 2440 – Friday
- Desi-Fest East End
- 9 June 2440 – Saturday
- Desi-Fest East End
- 10 June 2440 – Sunday
- Normandy
- 11 June 2440 – Monday
- Cerne opener
- 12 June 2440 – Tuesday
- based on Amalfi Coast
- 13 June 2440 – Wednesday
- based on Amalfi Coast
- 14 June 2440 – Thursday
- based on Amalfi Coast
- 15 June 2440 – Friday
- based on Amalfi Coast
- 16 June 2440 – Saturday
- Amsterdam
- 17 June 2440 – Sunday
- Japan
- 18 June 2440 – Monday
- Japan
- 19 June 2440 – Tuesday
- Japan
- 20 June 2440 – Wednesday
- Japan
- 21 June 2440 – Thursday
- Japan
- 22 June 2440 – Friday
- Korea
- 23 June 2440 – Saturday
- Korea
- 24 June 2440 – Sunday
- Korea
- 25 June 2440 – Monday
- last day in Korea
- 26 June 2440 – Tuesday
- Kenya Stand Off
- 27 June 2440 – Wednesday
- Kenya Stand Off
- 28 June 2440 – Thursday
- Kenya Stand Off
- 29 June 2440 – Friday
- Kenya Stand Off
- 30 June 2440 – Saturday
- Kenya Stand Off
July
- 1 July 2440 – Sunday
- Serengheti
- 2 July 2440 – Monday
- Boston
- 3 July 2440 – Tuesday
- Boston
- 4 July 2440 – Wednesday
- Boston
- 5 July 2440 – Thursday
- Evergreen
- 6 July 2440 – Friday
- Evergreen
- 7 July 2440 – Saturday
- SoCal
- 8 July 2440 – Sunday
- SoCal
- 9 July 2440 – Monday
- SoCal
- 10 July 2440 – Tuesday
- Chicago
- 11 July 2440 – Wednesday
- Chicago
- 12 July 2440 – Thursday
- chicago
- 13 July 2440 – Friday
- Home
- 14 July 2440 – Saturday
- 15 July 2440 – Sunday
- 16 July 2440 – Monday
- 17 July 2440 – Tuesday
- 18 July 2440 – Wednesday
- 19 July 2440 – Thursday
- 20 July 2440 – Friday
- 21 July 2440 – Saturday
- 22 July 2440 – Sunday
- 23 July 2440 – Monday
- 24 July 2440 – Tuesday
- 25 July 2440 – Wednesday
- 26 July 2440 – Thursday
- 27 July 2440 – Friday
- 28 July 2440 – Saturday
- 29 July 2440 – Sunday
- 30 July 2440 – Monday
- 31 July 2440 – Tuesday