Wool

In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a society full of regulations meant to protect the community, Sheriff Holston, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: he asks to go outside. An unlikely candidate is appointed to rep...

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Main Author: Howey, Hugh (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Edition:1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Series:Howey, Hugh. Silo ; 1.
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Summary:In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a society full of regulations meant to protect the community, Sheriff Holston, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: he asks to go outside. 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....
Item Description:"A novel"--Jacket.
Physical Description:508 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780358447849
0358447844
9781476735115
1476735115
9781476733951
1476733953
Author Notes:Hugh Howey is an American author who was born in 1975 and raised in North Carolina. Howey is known for his popular series Wool, which he independently published through Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing system. The Wool series first began in 2011 with Wool as a stand-alone story. In 2012, Howey signed a deal with Simon and Schuster to distribute Wool to retailers in the USA and Canada. The book became a trilogy with Shift (Book 2) and Dust (Book 3) following it. The author has renamed this to the Silo Series.

(Bowker Author Biography)