On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike.yes'>#160;yes'>#160;There are those who worship it.yes'>#160;yes'>#160;There are those who fear it.yes'>#160;yes'>#160;And there are those who have vowed to destroy it.yes'>#160;yes'>#160;In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all.yes'>#160;yes'>#160;On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives.yes'>#160;yes'>#160;Each carries a desperate hopeand a terrible secret.yes'>#160;yes'>#160;And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.yes'>#160;yes'>#160;From the Paperback edition.