- Published: 7 June 2012
- ISBN: 9781448150205
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 576
Wool
The thrilling dystopian series, and the #1 drama in history of Apple TV (Silo)
- Published: 7 June 2012
- ISBN: 9781448150205
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 576
Thrilling, thought-provoking and memorable . . . one of dystopian fiction's masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World.
Daily Express
Exhilarating, intense, addictive. A novel you will never forget.
SJ Watson
A thrilling sci-fi novel, equally adept at world-building, pulling the rug out from under its readers, and commenting in classic sci-fi fashion on our own present day.
The Slate
Well written, tense, and immensely satisfying, Wool will be considered a classic for many years in the future.
WIRED
Brilliantly written . . . Howey creates a starkly believable and terrifying apocalypse.
Sunday Express
Wool is frightening, fascinating, and addictive. In one word, terrific.
Kathy Reichs
Wool is incredible . . . the best science fiction series I've read in years.
Douglas Preston
Claustrophobic and, at times, genuinely terrifying.
Washington Post
Wool is incredible ... the best science fiction series I've read in years.
Douglas Preston
Wool started life as a skilful, bleak, short story. Its premise and the dexterity with which Howey pulled it off drew him readers from outside the genre.
Culture, Sunday Times
A compulsive, accessible journey into a sharply realised and well-crafter dystopian world.
SFX
A small and zippy vehicle with impressive narrative force...[Howey’s] plot twists like a thrashing serpent in a fisherman’s net.
Sunday Business Post
A warm old-fashioned sort of yarn
The Sunday Times
Exhilarating, intense, addictive. A novel you will never forget.
SJ Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep
Frightening yet completely believable ... I can't wait to see how Howey develops Wool into his prequel and sequel.
Sunday Express
Howey can really write ... frightening, intriguing, and mysterious ... it's easy to see why Wool captured readers so quickly.
Guardian
I took a chance on Wool, and found myself engrossed.
Huffington Post
If I read anything better in 2013 in any genre I’ll be very, very surprised.
Rick O’Shea
In Wool, Hugh Howey delivers the key elements of great science fiction: an authentic and detailed future-world; realistic, relatable characters to live in it; and a taut, thoughtful story. Howey’s supple, muscular writing is the icing on the cake.
Jonathan Hayes, author of Precious Blood
It's been a long time since I enjoyed a book as much as this.
Joanne Harris
One of the most hotly-anticipated books of 2013.
Irish Times
Perhaps the biggest commercial hit so far to have started life as a self-published e-book.
A N Wilson, Reader's Digest
Spoken about in the same breath as The Hunger Games and The Passage.
Independent on Sunday
The other reason to have an early night. A must-read.
Glamour
The characters are well-drawn, and even the villains have a sympathetic side. Secrets unfold with just the right pacing, and I had to set the book down several times and say, ‘Wow,’ when a major twist was revealed ... If you're looking for a good read, you can't do much better than Wool.
Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times bestselling author
The massive underground hit ... Just don’t read it in the dark.
Sunday Telegraph
This is one of those rare occasions where not only does the book live up to the hype, it exceeds it.
Bit the Book Blog, Australia
Thrilling, thought-provoking and memorable ... one of dystopian fiction's masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World.
Daily Express
With Wool Hugh Howey has created a new science fiction classic! The riveting storyline and detailed prose sucks you in immediately and makes you feel like you're right there in the silo with his characters. But unlike them, you'll be in no hurry to leave.
Ernie Cline, bestselling author of Ready Player One
Written in a warm style that never attempts to get too clever, this is the kind of terrific read that's both respectful towards and transcendent of its own genre.
Sydney Morning Herald