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Wool

Hugh Howey

In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Sheriff Holston, who has unwavering upheld the silo's rules for years, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: He asks to go outside.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Large Print Press
  • Publish Date: Aug 7th, 2013
  • Pages: 790
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.50in - 1.50in - 1.60lb
  • EAN: 9781594136757
  • Categories: Science Fiction - Action & AdventureScience Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-ApocalypticDystopian

Praise for this book

"Exilharating, intense, addictive."--S.J. Watson
In "Wool", Hugh Howey delivers the key elements of great science fiction: an authentic and detailed futureworld; realistic, relatable characters to live in it; and taut, thoughtful stories that spring naturally from the plight of the people struggling to get by in the grim world of the Silos. Howey's supple, muscular writing is the icing on the cake - and the reason why "Wool" has become a huge international blockbuster.--Jonathan Hayes, author of A HARD DEATH
"If you're looking for a good post-apocalyptic read, you can't do much better than "Wool"."--Rick Riordan
"In "Wool", Hugh Howey delivers the key elements of great science fiction: an authentic and detailed future-world; realistic, relatable characters to live in it; and a taut, thoughtful story. Howey's supple, muscular writing is the icing on the cake."--Jonathan Hayes, author of A HARD DEATH
"Howey's WOOL is an epic feat of imagination. You will live in this world."--Justin Cronin, bestselling author of THE PASSAGE
"Secrets unfold with just the right pacing... If you're looking for a good post-apocalyptic read, you can't do much better than WOOL."--Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series
"With WOOL Hugh Howey has created a new science fiction classic."--Ernest Cline, bestselling author of READY PLAYER ONE
"Exilharating, intense, addictive."--S.J. Watson, bestselling author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP
"In WOOL, Hugh Howey delivers the key elements of great science fiction: an authentic and detailed future-world; realistic, relatable characters to live in it; and a taut, thoughtful story. Howey's supple, muscular writing is the icing on the cake."--Jonathan Hayes, author of A HARD DEATH
"WOOL is incredible. This is the best science fiction series I've read in years. Not since "A Canticle for Leibowitz" have I been so utterly and completely enthralled."--Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of "Blasphemy" and "The Monster of Florence"