Author: Hugh Howey

Hardcover: 548 pages

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN-10: 1469984202
ISBN-13: 978-1469984209

Synopsis:

This Omnibus Edition collects the five Wool books into a single volume. It is for those who arrived late to the party and who wish to save a dollar or two while picking up the same stories in a single package.

The first Wool story was released as a standalone short in July of 2011. Due to reviewer demand, the rest of the story was released over the next six months. My thanks go out to those reviewers who clamored for more. Without you, none of this would exist. Your demand created this as much as I did.

This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside.

I am one of the above mentioned “late to the party” readers, but it is my duty as a sci-fi fan to pass on good sci-fi, even if it’s not the newest of good sci-fi.

Wool: The Omnibus Edition by Hugh Howey is an amazing read. It is the collection of the first five books of what is called The Silo Series. It follows a society that has managed to survive some sort of global apocalypse in a silo that is buried in the ground. It’s the story of a people who have gotten so caught up in trying to maintain their way of life in the silo that the goings on of the outside world is not only something that isn’t to be concerned with, it’s forbidden to talk about it.

The silo is divided into well-thought-out levels. For example, there are floors for the hospital, hydroponic growing, water treatment, apartments, and even an IT department. All these floors are housing, serving and employing hundreds of citizens who travel these levels by way of a single star case.

Outside the silo is not only barren, but toxic and unlivable. The highest form of capital punishment is to be released outside into the wasteland surrounded by the others released previously.

Right away you know something is off. There is a mystery to be uncovered but it takes time to introduce the setting and main characters. This time needed to establish all this is not wasted time, but time given to you the reader to start collecting your own clues.

I’ve never read anything like this book, and had a few jaw-dropping moments where a twist came without me knowing it was approaching. It’s a really well thought out and well written book and I can’t wait to dig into the next set of books. The Shift Omnibus contain books 6-9 of The Silo Series, followed by Dust which was released this past August. I need to get reading!

I give Wool: The Omnibus Edition Five out of Five Stars.

 

 

Wool: The Omnibus Edition is available from Amazon! Here’s a link!

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