![]() What’s outside, beyond what you can see from the window in the cafeteria, and past those poisonous hills? What happened to the environment to make the air so toxic? Is it ever going to get better up top, or is life underground the only hope left for humanity? Just who’s taking the call on the other end of the secret radio, anyway? ![]() Shift builds upon some of the startling discoveries in Wool, and sheds some light on the people who established the silo system – and why.Īfter the revelations of the first book, numerous questions arise. As the story unravels, just who is running things, and how, is gradually revealed. A carefully managed society has survived in this environment by following strictly enforced rules, and banishment outside is literally a death sentence. ![]() Completely sealed, it was built long ago to protect the people within from the toxic environment above. Although the publishers call it a prequel, technically it’s not: it has a longer timeline, with its events occurring before, during and after the events of Wool.Īs a quick recap, the story of Wool follows the inhabitants of a great underground building called a silo. ![]() ![]() Shift (Volume 2 of the Silo Saga) by Hugh Howey (Random House, $29.99) Reviewed by Fiona O’KaneĪfter thoroughly enjoying Hugh Howey’s Wool, I eagerly launched straight into the second book of the Silo Saga: Shift. ![]()
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