DONE & DUSTED, SADLY
WOOL
introduced the silo and its inhabitants.
SHIFT told
the story of their making.
DUST will chronicle
their undoing.
Welcome to
the underground.
The conclusion of a great series brings
great sadness for the fans. Hugh Howey’s “Wool” saga only came into existence
just over two years ago. So it’s been quite a whirlwind ride for fans and the
author until now the release of Dust brings us the finale.
Howey leapt from self-published
author to New York Times bestselling novelist in record time. On the way, he
changed the way authors and the publishing world did business by refusing to
relinquish his e-book rights for seven figure publishing deals. He finally
signed a historic deal with Simon & Schuster who received only paper-book
distribution while Howey kept his lucrative e-book rights.
With the publication of “Dust,” our
visit to the Silo has ended. If you haven’t read “Wool” and “Shift” (the second
book), then stop reading this review, and immediately purchase these two. You
won’t regret it, and you will join the millions of fans who can’t get enough of
this world.
It’s impossible to review “Dust” and
not reveal spoilers for the original two, so I will give only a general outline
of the world. “Wool” fans this is a brilliant continuation directly from “Shift”
and finds the lead characters still embroiled in the politics of the Silo.
The silo, which consists of nearly
two-hundred below-ground, concrete levels, is filled with thousands of survivors
from an event occurring over 60 years before. The unremembered event left the
outside world uninhabitable with toxic air. Inhabitants who breach the strict Silo
laws are sent outside to clean the one screen which gives the occupants a view
of the desolate world; their last act before death by the poisonous fumes.
The silo is segmented into class
structures from I.T. on top, through to the middle levels, to the lower class
“down deep.” From the “down deep” a hero, Jules, arises. She begins to question
their world at a perilous risk to her and, also, the silo.
“Dust” is an exciting adventure
ride introducing new characters and new challenges for those we have come to
love. Some will live, and you will be surprised by those who die. It is a
satisfying conclusion to one of the greatest science-fiction worlds created in
modern literature.
My review copy of Dust thanks the wonderful and generous HUGH HOWEY
My very own paper copy to love and treasure from the very deep but fun
people at RANDOM HOUSE Australia.
INFORMATION:
Release
Dates: 17th August, 2013
To
purchase from Hugh direct: click here
Australia
and New Zealand: September 2013
To purchase: click
here
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Hugh
Howey is the author of Wool,
a bestselling novel that has appeared in the top 5 of science fiction on
Amazon. He is also the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde Saga. He lives in
Boone, N.C. with his wife Amber and their dog Bella.
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