Hyperion series
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1) Hyperion
Author
Series
Hyperion series volume 1
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Hyperion series volume 2
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
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. The fall of Hyperion records the fall of the hegemony of man.
3) Endymion
Author
Series
Hyperion series volume 3
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Hyperion series volume 4
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
The concluding fourth volume of the Hyperion saga has the Catholic Church experiencing a resurgence due to a newfound ability to resurrect the dead, while Aenea, the new messiah, and her protector Raul Endymion, try to find a way to liberate humanity.