{"product_id":"the-rise-of-endymion-hyperion-series-9780553106527","title":"The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Rise of Endymion  Dan Simmons brings to a triumphant conclusion one of the most celebrated  compelling  and dramatic science fiction sagas of our time. Brilliant  provocative  unfailingly inventive  the odyssey began with the Hugo Award-winning Hyperion  continued through the critically acclaimed The Fall of Hyperion and Endymion  and now ascends to its greatest heights yet....  The final chapter of this magnificent saga begins with two momentous events: the death and resurrection of Pope Julius XV and the coming-of-age of the new messiah. Her name is Aenea and she is the only person who can counter the pope and his plan to unleash the Pax Fleet  the Churchs military wing  on a final genocidal Crusade to gain total dominion over the universe. The Church is allied with the infamous AI Core  which has offered immortality to humankind--or at least to those faithful who pledge total obedience to the Church--but at what terrible price? The Core has its own dark motives and secrets  and only Aenea knows what they are.  Aenea  too  has an ally. Her protector  Raul Endymion  onetime shepherd and convicted murderer  finds her in exile undergoing a strange apprenticeship on Old Earth. Here she has gained access to an information matrix created by the Others--the same mysterious Others who moved Old Earth to save it from the Core. But who are these Others? What has Aenea learned from them? And why has Old Earth been turned into a stage upon which cybrids from the past--from John Keats to Frank Lloyd Wright--repeat historical dramas of human genius for purposes known only to the Others?  The answers to these questions must wait. Together with the android A. Bettik  Endymion and his beloved Aenea embark on a final mission to find and comprehend the underlying fabric of the universe. The surprising nature of this medium and Aeneas ability to instruct her growing army of disciples in its discovery and use could provide the one weapon powerful enough to thwart their enemies while liberating humanity. Meanwhile  the enigmatic Shrike--monster  angel  killing machine--has followed them on their intergalactic sojourn and now stands ready to complete its own mission  revealing at last the long-held secret of its origin and purpose.  In The Rise of Endymion  Dan Simmons masterfully weaves together the complex strands of this extraordinary series. He answers all of the unsolved mysteries posed in the earlier volumes and brings the story full circle to the planet Hyperion  where it all began. A work of unparalleled power and vision  The Rise of Endymion is a masterpiece of the imagination by one of our most gifted writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495948673077,"sku":"ByrdShop_055310652X","price":45.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780553106527.jpg?v=1780903871","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rise-of-endymion-hyperion-series-9780553106527","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}