Together in one volume for the first time, the first two novels of the hyperion cantos. Lt is the 29th century and the universe of the human hegemony is under threat. Invasion by the warlike ousters looms, and the myster...Together in one volume for the first time, the first two novels of the hyperion cantos. Lt is the 29th century and the universe of the human hegemony is under threat. Invasion by the warlike ousters looms, and the mysterious schemes of the secessionist ai technocore bring chaos ever closer.