On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope - and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.

A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention, the first volume in a remarkable new science fiction epic by the multiple-award-winning author of The Hollow Man.

"STATE OF THE ART SCIENCE FICTION... A LANDMARK NOVEL."
- Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

Dan Simmons is a phenomenal talent.  Since the triumphant publication of his first novel, the multiple-award-winning author of The Hollow Man has demonstrated equal facility for writing horror; thoughtful, literary fiction; and powerful, world-building science fiction in the best tradition of Frank Herbert, Larry Niven, and David Brin.

Now, in the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention.  On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening.  And the secrets they contain mean that nothing - nothing anywhere in the universe - will ever be the same.

PRAISE FOR HYPERION
"ONE OF THE FINEST SF NOVELS PUBLISHED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS."
- Science Fiction Eye

"A MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL BLEND OF THEMES AND STYLES."
- The Denver Post

THE STUNNING SEQUEL TO ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SCIENCE FICTION SERIES OF THE LAST DECADE

It is 274 years after the Fall and the universe is in chaos.  Raul Endymion, onetime shepherd and convicted murderer, is chosen as a pawn in a cosmic game whose outcome will determine the fate of humanity.  Selected as a bodyguard to the next messiah.  Endymion will cross time, space and the very fabric of reality as her protector, lover, and finally disciple.  At the same time, the enigmatic Shrike - part monster, part killing machine, part avenging angel - has also followed the girl into the 32nd century.  Yet it is Endymion who has been chosen to rescue Aenea, against all odds.  How will her message change the universe - is she is willing to speak it... and if humankind is prepared to hear it?

"A MAJOR WORK... SIMMONS DOESN'T JUST PROMISE; HE DELIVERS."
- Science Fiction Chronicle

"THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MOVING AND UNRELENTING IN ITS DESIRE TO ENTERTAIN."
- Des Moines Sunday Register

"BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF 1995."
- Rocky Mountain News

THE MAGNIFICANT CONCLUSION TO ONE OF THE GREATEST SCIENCE FICTION SAGAS OF OUR TIME

The time of reckoning has arrived.  As a final genocidal Cusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age.  She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others.  Now her protector, Raul Endymion, onetime shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples.  But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself.

They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike - monster, angel, killing machine - who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose.  And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered - an apocalypse message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.

"THE RISE OF ENDYMION, LIKE ITS PREDECESSORS, IS A FULL-BLOODED ACTION NOVEL... DISTINGUISHED FROM FORMULAIC SPACE OPERA BY THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT IS AT STKE - WHICH IS NOTHING LESS THAN THE SALVATION OF THE HUMAN SOUL."
- The New York Times Book Review

"A NOVEL RISH WITH POWER AND PASSION, AND AN ENORMOUSLY SATISFYING CONCLUSION TO ONE OF THE MAJOR WORKS OF MODERN SCIENCE FICTION."
- Locus