num_pages: 592
description: The magnificent conclusion to one of the greatest science fiction sagas of our timeThe 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.
language: English
title: The Rise of Endymion
titlecomplete: The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
characters: Raul Endymion, Federico de Soya, A. Bettik, Paul Duré, Aenea, Cardinal Lourdusamy, Lenar Hoyt, Martin Silenus, The Shrike, Rhadamanth Nemes
genres: Fiction, Space Opera, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Space, Fantasy, Adventure, Audiobook
ratings_count: 54724
series: Hyperion Cantos
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: SF ga Yomitai
category: Best Translated SF of the Year in Japan
publisher: Bantam Spectra