Endymion (The Hyperion Cantos #3)
270 years have passed since the Fall. Civilization, having lost the portals, has regressed by many centuries. Humanity has lost most contact with its colonies. The great river Tethys has ceased to flow across thousands of exotic planets. Only one prophecy remains unfulfilled. One, but the most important: the coming of the Messiah. Raul Endymion must become the guide for a little girl destined to forever change the lives of people on all inhabited planets…