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  • 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)




An epic story of survival at all odds, now a major Apple TV series.

NOW THE NO.1 DRAMA IN THE HISTORY OF AppleTV+

In a ruined and hostile landscape, in a future few have been unlucky enough to survive, a community exists in a giant underground silo.

Inside, men and women live an enclosed life full of rules and regulations, of secrets and lies.

To live, you must follow the rules. But some don't. These are the dangerous ones; these are the people who dare to hope and dream, and who infect others with their optimism.

Their punishment is simple and deadly. They are allowed outside.

Jules is one of these people. She may well be the last.
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'The next Hunger Games' SUNDAY TIMES

'Well written, tense, and immensely satisfying, Wool will be considered a classic for many years in the future.' WIRED

'Howey's Wool is an epic feat of imagination. You will live in this world.' JUSTIN CRONIN

'Wool is frightening, fascinating, and addictive. In one word, terrific.' KATHY REICHS

'Thrilling, thought-provoking and memorable...one of dystopian fiction's masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World.' DAILY EXPRESS


Silo, No.1 drama in the history of Apple TV as of May 2023.

  • Published: 7 June 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448150205
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 576

About the author

Hugh Howey

Hugh Howey spent eight years living on boats and working as a yacht captain for the rich and famous. It wasn't until the love of his life carried him away from these vagabond ways that he began to pursue literary adventures, rather than literal ones.

Hugh wrote and self-published the Wool trilogy, which won rave reviews and praise from readers, and whose three books have gone on to become international bestsellers.

He lives in Jupiter, Florida, with his wife Amber and their dog Bella.

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Praise for Wool

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