The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4) (A Bantam Spectre book)

by Dan Simmons

The magnificent conclusion to one of the greatest science fiction sagas of our time

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.

• ISBN10: 0747258937
• ISBN13: 9780747258933
• Publish Date: 2 April 1998 (first published 4 August 1997)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Out of Print: 21 April 2005
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
• Imprint: Headline Feature
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
• Pages: 756
• Language: English

Reviews

[Ben Pick]

I read this because I felt pot committed for finishing the first three in the series. It was meh.

[adamfortuna]

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.