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Endymion

Dan Simmons (2026-05-26)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages609 (Doorstopper (600+))
SeriesHyperion Cantos, #
Setting
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

ViolenceDeathReligious Persecution

Positive tags

AdventureQuestFriendshipFound Family

Tropes

QuestChosen OneMentor FigureFellowshipAncient Evil ReturnsReligious PersecutionTime TravelPortal FantasyFish out of WaterReluctant Hero

Themes

Love and MemoryFaith and PowerTime and DestinyPursuit and FreedomReligion and AuthoritySacrificeLoyalty

Synopsis

LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • The multiple-award-winning science fiction master returns to the world of Hyperion in this dazzling third novel of the Hyperion Cantos, introducing new characters who bear the fate of time itself in their hands. “An unfailingly inventive narrative . . . generously conceived and stylistically sure-handed.”—The New York Times Book Review Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul 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. Bettik, Raoul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Frederico DeSoya, an influential warrior-priest, and his troops. And the shrike’s enigmatic appearances continue. Endymion is a story about love and memory, triumph and terror—and the continuation of one of the science fiction’s greatest sagas.

Tags

Space OperaFar Future Science FictionQuest NarrativePhilosophical SF