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·西蒙斯（1948~ ）：美国最天才横溢的小说家，写遍奇幻、科幻、恐怖、推理、惊悚、历史、主流文学，任何类型，只要他一出手，必定叫好又叫座，捧回无数大奖，是名副其实的“跨界之王”。

奇幻小说《迦梨之歌》获得奇幻小说的最高奖项世界奇幻文学奖；恐怖小说《腐朽的慰藉》将恐怖小说界最重量级的三大奖项布兰姆?史托克奖、英伦奇幻奖和轨迹奖收入囊中；科幻小说《海伯利安》囊括全球所有科幻重要奖项，与《银河帝国》并称为科幻文学史上不可逾越的两座巅峰！