Despite choosing to leave, they too clean as the others had, and die as the others had. Then in three years two people had asked, insisted, to be let outside. No one has failed to die moments later, only meters away from a freshly scrubbed view.No one has ever voluntarily asked to become a cleaner, to willingly accept the death sentence that accompanies the opportunity to venture outside the Silo, at least that anyone can remember. No one who has been cast out has failed to clean the sensors of the silo, gifting its residents a clearer view of the outside world. Strapped into suits, pockets filled with scrubbing brushes, they are cast out of the safety of the Silo and sent forth into a poisonous world. They are the last people in the world.It is forbidden to speak of the outside world, forbidden to question the laws of the Silo and those who do are punished, sentenced to eviction from the Silo and shown a horrifying truth, a beautiful lie. There is nothing else, no one else, just the death of outside and the knowledge that they are alone. It is home to hundreds and the only world they have ever known and all of it is underground. The Silo, a hundred and forty levels where people work, shop, play and live. “Claustrophobic and, at times, genuinely terrifying.” - Washington Post Read more
Tugging this thread may uncover the truth. With newfound power and with little regard for the customs she is supposed to abide, Juliette uncovers hints of a sinister conspiracy. They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside.Īfter the previous sheriff leaves the silo in a terrifying ritual, Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, is suddenly and inexplicably promoted to the head of law enforcement. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. But there are always those who hope, who dream. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo. The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling trilogy, Wool is the story of mankind clawing for survival. “One of dystopian fiction’s masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World." - Daily Express * INCLUDES ORIGINAL NEW ESSAY “A HISTORY OF THE DARKEST YARNS” FROM HUGH HOWEY*
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