by Dan Simmons
First published 2017
Seven strangers board a ship bound for Hyperion, a world beyond the reach of galactic law. Each pilgrim carries secrets they cannot share and desperate hopes they cannot abandon. Their destination is the Valley of the Time Tombs, where ancient structures drift backward through time and the creature called the Shrike kills without mercy. Some worship this metallic beast. Others plot its destruction. All fear what it represents. As galactic war erupts across human space, the pilgrims must confront why they have truly come to this forbidden world. The Shrike waits for them in the valley, patient and deadly. One pilgrim may hold the key to humanity's survival. The others may not survive to see it used. Their final voyage will determine whether the human race has a future among the stars.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, space-opera, epic
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family
Setting: Hyperion, Valley of the Time Tombs
Period: galactic war
483 pages · Paperback · Del Rey
Content warnings: violence