The book went on to win the Locus Award and Hugo Award for the best novel in 1990. The world-building by the author is amazing along with the emphatic character-driven storylines. The novel will be a good choice for the newbies and as well as the devoted fans of the author. The author is considered to be a literary force. One may have the total fate of mankind in his own hands. Each one of them was carrying a terrible secret and a desperate hope. On the Armageddon ever, there were seven pilgrims all set on an ultimate voyage to Hyperion while trying to find the answers for the mystery riddles regarding their lives. In the Time Tombs Valley, some gigantic, brooding structures were moving backward in time.

All this was well beyond the Hegemony of Man law.

In the world known as Hyperion, there waits a weird creature called the Shrike. This is a heavy cast with some big names and they managed to deliver as per their great reputation. Those include Marc Vietor, Kevin Pariseau, Allyson Johnson, Victor Bevine, and Kay Snyder. The audio narration of this gripping novel is done by a team of narrators. Although it received a mixed critical reception, it won numerous prestigious awards, including the 1990 Hugo Award and the 1990 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. He is also appreciated for his work in The Terror novel. The first book in the Hyperion Cantos saga, Hyperion (1989), a work of science fiction by Dan Simmons, follows seven pilgrims on a quest to save humanity from a malevolent force. The Fall of Hyperion is one of the finest books by Dan Simmons. He wrote several series and a few standalone novels as well. He is a writer of horror and science fiction. It is a science fiction and fantasy novel. Hyperion is the first book of the Hyperion novel series.