Complex sentence: The work is set in Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe and occurs in the far future during the period of the Hanan Revolution, although the events portrayed in the novel take place in another sector of the galaxy.
Split into simpler sentences: The work is set in Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe. In terms of her Alliance-Union timeline, it occurs in the far future during the period of the Hanan Revolution, although the events portrayed in the novel take place in another sector of the galaxy.