The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)

by Dan Simmons

Every age fraught with discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence, in retrospect, seems inconceivable when the history of that age is written.

‘But would a true God extinguish his creatures?’

Sol remembered the dream, remembered his daughter’s hug, and realized that in the end – when all else is dust – loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave. Faith – true faith – was trusting in that love.