[Aeneas]

Originally Posted by troutman

Four books?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Cantos

• Hyperion (1989)
• The Fall of Hyperion (1990)
• Endymion (1996)
• The Rise of Endymion (1997)

Only the first two are essential to the story. The latter two are extra.
The stories that develop in Hyperion are resolved in the sequel.