The Beginning of the End...
by RiponGood
As the galaxy is on the brink of war, seven travelers depart for the planet Hyperion. On Hyperion in the Valley of the Time Tombs exists the Shrike, a being from the future, able to fulfill their wishes. So begins Hyperion by Dan Simmons, a 1989 Hugo Award winner. It is the first story in the The Hyperion Cantos which includes The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Rise of Endymion.
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