{"product_id":"the-fall-of-hyperion","title":"The Fall of Hyperion","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the world called Hyperion the mysterious Time Tombs are opening and seven pilgrims risk their lives to petition the entity called the Shrike - a creature that may well control the fate of all mankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hegemony of Man - a thousand thousand worlds linked by a network of farcaster portals and high-tech gateways - is under siege by Ousters, strange, half-human tribes mutated almost beyond recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe AIs - Artificial Intelligences whose synthetic wisdom created and maintains the nets that bind the Hegemony - have become a threat; it seems they have turned against the Hegemony and all mankind. And there is evidence that they have begun a project to create the Ultimate Intelligence - to build, in short, God. God of Machines: the ultimate deus ex machina. His genesis may well mean man's annihilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething is drawing the Hegemony, the AIs, the Ousters, and indeed the entire universe, towards the Shrike and the Time Tombs from which it has arisen. In a moment the paths of man, machine and god will intersect. Nothing will ever be the same.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Simmons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132534407337,"sku":"9780747236047","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780747236047.jpg?v=1780120492","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-fall-of-hyperion","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}