Title: Empty and useless...
Review: Ok, Dan Simmons is a good writer. Ok, he's got good ideas. But while reading this book, I couldn't help thinking that he's been stretching the strory he started in his first 2 excellent books far too much. The flow and pace are still mastered by Simmons, but this time there is no scenario whatsoever supporting his writing skills. We're driven from action scene to action scene in a boring stream of kitsch exotic postcards and boring dialogs. Even the Dreadful Inquisitors sound stupid and fake in Simmons's hand. Not to mention the shallowness of his main caracters... Even Rambo has more layers to his personality than poor Raul Endymion!A big deception is garanteed for those who loved Hyperion. So don't forget to put this volume in your "Index of Prohibited Books"!
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