EXCEPT FOR the first, all dates are Anno Domini. Each is the year in which its chapter begins. Occasionally the narrative thereafter moves forward or backward in time.
I. Thule: 310 B.C.
II. The Peaches of Forever: 19
III. The Comrade: 359
IV. Death in Palmyra: 641
V. No Man Shuns His Doom: 998
VI. Encounter: 1050
VII. The Same Kind: 1072
VIII. Lady in Waiting: 1221
IX. Ghosts: 1239
X. In the Hills: 1570
XI. The Kitten and the Cardinal: 1640
XII. The Last Medicine: 1710
XIII. Follow the Drinking Gourd: 1855
XIV. Men of Peace: 1872
XV. Coming Together: 1931
XVI. Niche: 1938
XVII. Steel: 1942
XVIII. Judgment Day: 1975
XIX. Thule: ?