After a fantastic closing of the pilgrims journey in Fall of Hyperion, this feels a bit underwhelming. The storytelling is a bit confusing. It is also odd to read flashes of a future relationship between Aenea and Raul while she is still a child and he is already an adult. Anyways the world-building and the architecture of how history has happened in these last 200 years is magnificent! So creative! I’m curious about the last book.