The Rise of Endymion

The Rise of Endymion

1997 • 592 pages

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The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade 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, one-time 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 apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.

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4 primary books11 released books

Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion Cantos is a 11-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1975 with contributions by Dan Simmons and M.E. Kerr.

Prayers to Broken Stones
Hyperion
Hypérion 1
Hypérion 2
Upadek Hyperiona

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Flailing his way through
not exactly up to speed
one day it will click.

September 3, 2018

As last books in a series go, this was the most rewarding ending I've ever read. Topics introduced at the beginning of book 4 are handled. Topics that other authors might spend entire chapters on are only touched on briefly, and left for the reader to expand on.

August 29, 2013
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