The Cantos of Hyperion, Volume 2 - Hyperion 2 - Dan Simmons - book

On Hyperion, Father Hoyt found his cruciform. He carries it imprinted in his flesh forever. On Hyperion, Colonel Kassad met the beautiful Moneta, bristling with spikes. He saw the impaled Extros, the universal war, the death of all worlds. He has a score to settle with the Shrike. On Hyperion, the poet Silenus was one of King Billy the Sad's companions. He sang for him the bitter triumph of a usurping god. Put some wood in the hearth, Mother, the Shrike is coming to see us tonight. The subject of the poem is the end of humanity, it must be written to the end. However, the elders of Hyperion are back, they are arriving at the Sea of ​​Tall Grass, they will soon reach the Tombs of Time which, it is said, drift from the future to the past. How can we believe it? But the tombs will open and the mystery will dissipate. Hear ye, good people, death has something to tell you!