Dan Simmons - Hyperion
Suicide mission on a foreign planet.Hyperion - a novel, which begins with the famous cycle of Dan Simmons, tells the history of expeditions to the planet, the title to prevent the takeover by a foreign civilization mysterious tombs of time, inhabited by cruel essence called Kitchenware. The story is described in terms of seven heroes journey - Priest, poet, scientist, detective, Captain, Soldier, and Consul. Each of these flies at Hyperion, by Churchyard ask for assistance on the same subject. They know, however, that eventually he will hear only one of them - the rest is waiting death. Even the title, taken from the unfinished monumental line prematurely deceased genius poet Keats says that it can not be a simple reading. Hyperion delighted, however, and fascinates all who dare to measure it. A huge success of the book of Dan Simmons encouraged to write the three follow-up, although some prefer to be seen as two separate series, the two-volume history. The Destruction of Hyperion is a direct continuation of the threads from the first part, the story focuses mainly on explaining the grounds that each of the participants on a foreign trip planet. Two other books are already quite loosely associated with them, but as they passed into the history of science-fiction literature.