Wool

By Hugh Howey

Book Overview

For suspense-filled, post-apocalyptic thrillers, Wool is more than a self-published ebook phenomenonit's the new standard in classic science fiction. In a ruined and toxic future, 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 unwaveringly upheld the silo's rules for years, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: He asks to go outside. His fateful decision unleashes a drastic series of events. An unlikely candidate is appointed to replace him: Juliette, a mechanic with no training in law, whose special knack is fixing machines. Now Juliette is about to be entrusted with fixing her silo, and she will soon learn just how badly her world is broken. The silo is about to confront what its history has only hinted about and its inhabitants have never dared to whisper. Uprising. A New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller, as well as Kindle Book Review's 2012 Indie Book of the Year, Wool is truly a blockbuster.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476733953
• ISBN13: 9781476733951
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Amazing

One of the best books I’ve read in awhile. The world building, non perfect protagonists, mystery and character development is like non other.

Beautiful

Very excited to read this. I saw a little indie game that was inspired by this book’s story and I loved the game. I knew I had to read the source material for it!

My favorite post-apocalyptic dystopian book ever!

The Wool Omnibus is the best apocalyptic fiction I've ever read. After getting to know the lives of the various characters, the mystery of the world in which they live slowly unfolds to reveal a much bigger plot than the characters could have envisioned. This is *not a semi-romantic YA dystopian world. This is hard-core post-apocalyptic survival fiction. Once you've finished, you'll want to explore the many, many spin-off books set in the world of Wool. The author approved the publication of fan fiction by various authors, and you'll feel compelled to get sucked into hundreds more stories in the Wool universe.