The Silo Series Collection
Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories
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4.5 • 618 Ratings
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Publisher Description
SEASON 2 OF THE ACCLAIMED SILO SERIES — BASED ON BOOK 1, WOOL — NOW ON APPLE TV+
For the first time ever, The Silo Saga Omnibus brings together all of the work in Hugh Howey's ground-breaking, best-selling, acclaimed series, including the individual novels Wool, Shift, and Dust, as well as original essays by the author, and a bonus chapbook of short fiction, Silo Stories
The remnants of humanity live underground in a vast silo. In this subterranean world, rules matter. Rules keep people alive. And no rule is more strictly enforced than to never speak of going outside. The punishment is exile and death.
When the sheriff of the silo commits the ultimate sin, the most unlikely of heroes takes his place. Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, who never met a machine she couldn’t fix nor a rule she wouldn’t break.
What happens when a world built on rules is handed over to someone who sees no need for them? And what happens when a world broken to its core comes up against someone who won’t stop until things are set to right?
Their world is about to fall. What—and who—will rise?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A world built on lies unravels in Hugh Howey’s compelling dystopian trilogy. After the earth’s surface becomes toxic and uninhabitable, humanity is sorted into three levels in a series of underground silos, where they’re safe from the contaminated environment. But the status quo is threatened when the truth about the silo’s history comes to light, forcing lower-level mechanic Juliette and top-tier architect Donald to join forces and free their society from repression and lies. With a clever mix of steampunk engineering and futuristic technology, Howey builds a clanging, dark, and claustrophobic world—with a creative premise that feels eerily plausible. The inspiration for an Apple Original series, these post-apocalyptic books are thrilling—and the bundle makes it easy to binge-read ’em!
Customer Reviews
Fascinating, all too real, all too possible future
The rare post-apocalyptic story that bothers to explain its particular apocalypse. The story is well-plotted with numerous surprising, but entirely plausible twists. I was inspired to read the books because of the TV series and enjoyed the books considerably. I’m very curious to see how the rest of the books are visualized.
The coming of its apocalypse is particularly frightening and plausible, especially considering our current political environment.
Overall, well-told and constructed. There is some strong writing here, although some flaws, too. I thought Howey took some shortcuts and made a couple of decisions with characters that weren’t completely satisfying. I understand why he chose the ending he did, but I found it one of the weaker parts of the overall plot.
Riveting
I read Wool on a whim and then proceeded to devour the entire series in one weekend. They’re engrossing, I couldn’t put them down.
Meh
Interesting premise. Flat characters. Perfunctory writing. The first book was sufficiently engaging. The second didn’t keep my attention.