The novel “The Rise of Endymion” by Dan Simmons was published for the first time in 1997. It’s the fourth book of the Hyperion Cantos and is the sequel to “Endymion”.

Pope Julius XIV is dead and they have to proceed to a new conclave. When Lenar Hoyt resurrects again, he gets re-elected pope but this time decides to take a different name and becomes Pope Urban XVI. As his first act, he announces a crusade against the Ousters with a new fleet of Archangel class starships.

Raul Endymion is on Earth with Aenea but it comes time to resume their journeys. The two of them must separate for a certain period and the trip creates between the two of them a time lag so when they meet again on the planet T’ien Shan Aenea is 21 years old. There Aenea is considered a messianic or even a divine figure but the most difficult part of her journey is still to come.