Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure.Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic.“In a nutshell Wool might not be pitch perfect, but it is the nearest thing to it, and even if you are not the biggest post apocalypse fiction lover in the world, you will be once you have finished this.” - Hollywood News Product Details Howey’s Wool world is so intriguing and his characters so compelling.” - Locus
Reading just one at a sitting isn’t enough . . . Compulsively readable, with each chapter acting like a potato chip. a compulsive, accessible journey into a sharply realized and well-crafted dystopian world.” - SFX Magazine “Howey uses cliffhangers brilliantly and creates an immersive, engaging story that’s anchored throughout by moody and atmospheric prose . . . In one word, terrific.” - Kathy Reichs, bestselling author of the Temperance Brennan and Tory Brennan series “ Wool is frightening, fascinating, and addictive. Howey’s supple, muscular writing is the icing on the cake.” - Jonathan Hayes, author of A Hard Death “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. Here is a non-traditional author who can stand proudly in the company of traditionally published writers." - Geek Dad for WIRED "The old assumptions about indie books no longer apply Wool clears away the grime of the past and reveals the new truth. “Well written, tense, and immensely satisfying, Wool will be considered a classic for many years in the future.” - WIRED Page-turning sci-fi at its finest.” - Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hugh Howey presents an entire garden of post-apocalyptic wonder, with weeds and predators, tended by the secret caretakers of a destroyed world. “The best science-fiction stories are like tiny seeds that take root and blossom in the reader’s imagination. 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 This is the best science fiction series I've read in years. is the best bet for the man we’ll be talking about.” - Guardian “ Fifty Shades of Grey was nothing but a twinkle in a publisher’s eye this time last year . . .
“One of dystopian fiction’s masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World." - Daily Express (UK) appeal to both men and women, and has attracted hard-core science fiction fans as well as general readers, much like The Hunger Games.” - Wall Street Journal This is a superior SF thriller, both slick and gritty." - Financial Times “The success of Howey's Wool trilogy was no fluke. Watson, bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep “Exhilarating, intense, addictive.” - S.J. “With Wool Hugh Howey has created a new science fiction classic.” - Ernest Cline, bestselling author of Ready Player One “Claustrophobic and, at times, genuinely terrifying.” - Washington Post 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. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo.īut there are always those who hope, who dream. 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 * INCLUDES ORIGINAL NEW ESSAY “A HISTORY OF THE DARKEST YARNS” FROM HUGH HOWEY*
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