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. 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.

丹·西濛斯（1948~ ）：美國最天纔橫溢的小說傢，寫遍奇幻、科幻、恐怖、推理、驚悚、曆史、主流文學，任何類型，隻要他一齣手，必定叫好又叫座，捧迴無數大奬，是名副其實的“跨界之王”。

奇幻小說《迦梨之歌》獲得奇幻小說的最高奬項世界奇幻文學奬；恐怖小說《腐朽的慰藉》將恐怖小說界最重量級的三大奬項布蘭姆?史托剋奬、英倫奇幻奬和軌跡奬收入囊中；科幻小說《海伯利安》囊括全球所有科幻重要奬項，與《銀河帝國》並稱為科幻文學史上不可逾越的兩座巔峰！