“Claustrophobic and, at times, genuinely terrifying. Tugging this thread may uncover the truth. With newfound power and with little regard for the customs she is supposed to abide, Juliette uncovers hints of a sinister conspiracy. They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside.Īfter the previous sheriff leaves the silo in a terrifying ritual, Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, is suddenly and inexplicably promoted to the head of law enforcement. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. But there are always those who hope, who dream. HUGH HOWEY is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of Wool, Shift, Dust, Beacon 23, Sand, and Machine Learning. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo.

The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling trilogy, Wool is the story of mankind clawing for survival. “One of dystopian fiction’s masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World.' - Daily Express Not being a purist will likely serve me well, too, with the SILO series.* INCLUDES ORIGINAL NEW ESSAY “A HISTORY OF THE DARKEST YARNS” FROM HUGH HOWEY* I’m not a purist, which is probably why I liked it as much as I did. The visuals and production quality were amazing. I thought AppleTV+ did an excellent job with their new Foundation series based on Isaac Asimov’s book series. Though, I still have Across the Sand about halfway down my ‘to be read’ pile and look forward to reading it.

So I am glad that Wool is the first of Howey’s series headed to the small screen. While it was fast-paced and imaginative, it did not have the same depth as the Wool trilogy. His books and stories scratch the same itch as John Scazli’s books. I always look forward to Hugh Howey’s writing, and while the SILO trilogy gets all of the press, his other stories are also fun.

Eventually, the main characters discover the truth of their situation and unravel the hidden secrets proving just how far some people will go to stay in control.

What’s left of the human race is living in a Silo that stretches 144 levels underground. Wool takes place during a post-apocalyptic period on Earth. After Wool grew into a novel, it became a trilogy that spawned Howey’s meteoric career. He then independently published each chapter on Amazon’s Kindle platform. Howey became one of the first hugely successful self-published authors when he took his debut story Wool, which he wrote while working as a bookstore clerk and first published by a small press in 2011.

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