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On the eve of disaster, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set fourth on a final voyage to the legendary Time Tombs on Hyperion, home to the Shrike, a lethal creature, part god and part killing machine, whose powers transcend the limits of time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pilgrims have resolved to die before discovering anything less than the secrets of the universe itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54077059367195,"sku":"9781399609500","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/2533\/7627\/files\/9781399609500.jpg?v=1790938852"},{"product_id":"the-fall-of-hyperion","title":"The Fall of Hyperion","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSYNOPSIS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe multiple-award-winning science fiction master continues the epic adventure that began in Hyperion, where the opening of the Time Tombs threatens to alter the very fabric of time and space, in the second novel in the ground breaking Hyperion Cantos.The mysterious Time Tombs are opening and the Shrike that has risen from them may well control the fate of all mankind. The Ousters are laying siege to the Hegemony of Man and the AIs we created have turned against us to build the Ultimate Intelligence; God. The God of Machines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis genesis could mean annihilation for man. Something is drawing the Hegemony, the Ousters, the AIs, the entire universe to the Shrike. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54213033787675,"sku":"9781399639033","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/2533\/7627\/files\/9781399639033.jpg?v=1792106144"},{"product_id":"endymion","title":"Endymion","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSYNOPSIS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEndymion is a story about love and memory, triumph and terror - and the third book of one of the science fiction's greatest sagas, the Hyperion Cantos, introducing new characters who bear the fate of time itself in their hands.Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from a blue-skinned android named A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBettik, Raul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Federico de Soya, an influential warrior-priest and his troops. And the Shrike is far from gone. It will reappear on their journey, as Raul's quest raises as many questions as it provides answers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54213033951515,"sku":"9781399639040","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/2533\/7627\/files\/9781399639040.jpg?v=1792105624"},{"product_id":"the-rise-of-endymion","title":"The Rise of Endymion","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSYNOPSIS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMultiple-award-winning science fiction master Dan Simmons concludes the renowned Hyperion Cantos with this magnificent 'full-blooded action novel' (New York Times).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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow 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. 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