The Void Trilogy is a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 series by British SF writer Peter F. Hamilton

Peter F. Hamilton

Peter F. Hamilton is a British author. He is best known for writing space opera. As of the publication of his tenth novel in 2004, his works had sold over two million copies worldwide.- Biography :...

. The series is set in the same universe as The Commonwealth Saga

Commonwealth Saga

The Commonwealth Saga is a series of science fiction novels by British science fiction writer Peter F. Hamilton. This saga consists of the novels Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained , as well as Misspent Youth . The events of Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained take place 340 years after his...

, 1,200 years after the end of Judas Unchained.

Peter F. Hamilton sold the American rights to the series to Random House

Random House

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. The three books are entitled The Dreaming Void, The Temporal Void and The Evolutionary Void.

Hamilton posted a time line that links the Commonwealth Saga with the Void Trilogy, filling in the 1200-year gap between the two series.

The series includes the following books:

• The Dreaming Void
  The Dreaming Void
  The Dreaming Void is a science fiction novel by British writer Peter F. Hamilton, the first in his Void Trilogy.-Plot summary:At the centre of the Milky Way galaxy an object called the Void resembles a massive black hole. The Void is not a natural system. Inside there is a strange universe where...
  
  (2007)
• The Temporal Void
  The Temporal Void
  The Temporal Void is a science fiction novel by British writer Peter F. Hamilton, the second in his The Void Trilogy, which was released on 3 October 2008. The events in the book follow on from those in The Dreaming Void. It is followed by The Evolutionary Void.-External links:* * at * from...
  
  (2008)
• The Evolutionary Void
  The Evolutionary Void
  The Evolutionary Void is the third novel in The Void Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, and was released on August 24, 2010. However, a first batch of paperback versions got shipped from amazon.de on August 13, 2010. The current pre-edit word count confirmed by the author is 216,000...
  
  (2010)

The Void

The Void exists as a self-contained universe at the heart of the galaxy, studied by the Raiel for millions of years. The Raiel believe it to be a threat to all life in the galaxy due to its sporadic expansion phases that devour entire solar systems close to the core of the galaxy. One such event occurred several hundred thousand years prior to the time of the story which resulted in the Raiel creating the High Angel class of interstellar life boats designed to carry sentient civilizations away from danger should another expansion phase occur. The Raiel Warrior caste serve to protect the Void from any intrusions by beings of the galaxy as they believe it will trigger another expansion phase.

At some point at an undetermined time in the past, a human ship entered the void and seeded a civilization on a planet there.