On the planet Hyperion, forest-dweller Raul Endymion is saved from death by a 1,000-year-old poet, and charged with a mission: He must protect the child Aenea from those who would kill her. Aenea is destined to save humanity and rediscover Earth, but there are those who would have humanity perish, and those who prefer that Earth remain hidden. The first half of a sequel to author Simmons`s award-winning The Hyperion Cantos , comprised of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion . This was a New York Times Notable Book of 1996.
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