The release date for the English version of 'The Rise of Endymion' by
Dan Simmons is Jul 1998. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
It's time to face the consequences. A new messiah has emerged as a last Crusade that threatens to enslave mankind forever via genocide. She is Aenea, and she was apprenticed to the Others in a peculiar program. Raul Endymion, a former shepherd and convicted killer, who serves as her guardian, must now assist her in delivering her shocking message to her adoring following.
However, before anything else, they had to go out on a last great quest to find the fundamental purpose of the cosmos. The enigmatic Shrike—a monster, angel, and killing machine—has been traveling with them and is poised to divulge the long-kept mystery behind its creation and purpose. The last revelation—an apocalyptic message that opens the doors to existence and the destiny of humanity in the galaxy—will also be given on the planet of Hyperion, the starting point of the narrative.