Heaven’s Gate
TIME: The Living Next Door to Heaven Saga spans the years 1981-2019. Birthdates of cast members are given in Appendix 3. Very little is made of the actual dates or of things that tie them tightly to a timeline. In general, however, here is the timeline by book.
Book 1: Guardian Angel, September 1981-August 1986
Book 2: The Agreement, August 1986-June 1987
Book 3: Foolish Wisdom, June 1987-June 1988
Book 4: Deadly Chemistry, June 1988-July 1989
Book 5: The Rock, July 1989-June 1990
Book 6: El Rancho del Corazón, June 1990-July 1991
Book 7: Hearthstone Entertainment, July 1991-June 1992
Book 8: Becoming the Storm, July 1992-August 1994
Book 9: Heaven’s Gate, August 1994-January 2002 and Epilogue 2019
PLACE: Books 1-5 take place in Northern Indiana near the town of Mishawaka. Names, streets, businesses, and schools are all representative of the places in and around St. Joseph County, but are completely fictional.
Books 6-9 take place in Monroe County, Indiana near Bloomington and Indiana University. I have tried to be faithful to information about IU, but the entire story that takes place on the IU campus is fiction. None of these events happened nor are any of the people identified as professors, administrators, staff, and students actual or based on actual people at IU. There are two exceptions. I could not talk about the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team without mentioning Bobby Knight as coach, however there is nothing about the legendary coach other than mentioning him as coach. Since so much action in Books 6-8 includes both the men’s and women’s basketball teams and varsity football, I have been faithful to their record of wins, losses, and scores with occasional mention of actual players in that context. All other places, unless they are landmarks in the area, are fictional.
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