Title: Poor follow-up to great Science Fiction book
Review: Perhaps this book would have been much better if it didn't suffer so much by comparison to _Hyperion_/_The Fall of Hyperion_. Like the two previous books this actually tells one story when combined with its sequal, _The Rise of Endymion_. Rather than expand on the ideas in that book, Simmons goes off in a new direction contradicting the previous books and giving us a story far less compelling.Don't expect the questions remaining at the end of The Fall of Hyperion to be answered. Simmons wisely leaves the mysteries of the first book intact, but this new adventure is one long and frequently boring chase scene. The Catholic church's use of the crucifixes from _Hyperion_ is an interesting development, and Simmons' writing style is still good. But ultimately there just isn't much here.
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