Troy finds himself in a high-up position, responsible for monitoring the other 49 silos and ensuring their health. Here, unlike in the other silos, men work six month shifts and then are put back to sleep for decades until their next shift. Meanwhile, in between chapters about the young congressman, a man name Troy is woken from cryonic sleep and set to work in Silo 1. Donald and his wife Helen end up in separate silos, right next to each other. As a young girl sings the National Anthem, the bombs fall and people are ushered into the silos. This timeline ends as the National Convention takes place at the new facility - a different state is camped out over each silo. The years go by the facility is built without Donald every realizing its true purpose or replication fifty times over at the same large site outside of Atlanta. The only people he speaks to about his work are his best friend and the Senator's daughter, Anna, who also happens to be Donald's ex-girlfriend. He is kept highly isolated from anyone else working on the project under the premise of confidentiality. Donald, whose education was in architecture, is asked to design an underground silo for the workers of a new facility meant to house used nuclear cores. His relationship with older, well-respected Senator Thurman opens the door to join a top-secret project.
The first shift finds Donald at the start of his first term in Washington. Each shift bounces between two story lines. Howey breaks his story into three "shifts," hence the book title. The book follows Donald, a young US congressman decades from our current era. At the start, this requires a bit of dedication to follow and discern what is happening and how it fits into the larger plot of the series. No regrets, though it was totally worth it. I felt a little badly since I am currently reading a half dozen books and I completely disregarded all others until I finished Shift. When I finally found a copy a few weeks ago, I blazed through it just as quickly as I did its predecessor. Ever since I put Wool down, I have been dying to get my hands on Shift, the prequel and second book in the Silo series. That post encapsulates much of my feelings on Hugh Howey as an author. Look, I'll even give you the link again to make it easy for you - click here to read it.Īre you done? Did you read it? Good. If you have not read my post about that book, I strongly encourage you to go back and do so. Tugging this thread may uncover the truth-or it could kill every last human alive.Earlier this summer, I read Hugh Howey's Wool. 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 bestselling trilogy, Wool is the story of mankind clawing for survival.
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