Wool

Wool Trilogy, Book 1

By: Hugh Howey

Narrated by: Susannah Harker

Brought to you by Penguin.

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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

©2013 Hugh Howey (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

Exhilarating, intense, addictive. A novel you will never forget.

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

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

Wool is frightening, fascinating, and addictive. In one word, terrific. (Kathy Reichs)

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.

Brilliantly written . . . Howey creates a starkly believable and terrifying apocalypse.

Wool is incredible . . . the best science fiction series I've read in years. (Douglas Preston)

Claustrophobic and, at times, genuinely terrifying.

Addictive to listen to

I got hooked on the TV series Silo and could not deal with the cliffhanger at the end of Season one. From what I could gather Chapter 33 of the book is where Season one ended and that is where I started listening. This was the first book I listened to by Author Hugh Howey, and I fell in love with his writing style. It is so descriptive that you can paint vivid pictures in your mind. Generally, I prefer a male narrator but given the fact that the main character Juliette is a female the narration was actually perfect. I feel that the narrator did not have to be ‘extra’ and the subtle changes in her voice to reference the different characters was just perfect. Overall an addictive listen!

excellence

I bought this title for my teenagers for along car trip, thinking it would be a young adult/dystopian nove that they might both like (1 age 15, the other 18), and not having huge expectations. Turned out that not only they, but my husband and I were completely hooked! Probably the best audio I have heard since I joined Audible.

The story was well paced, with edge of seat suspense, a plausible concept and enough surprises to keep even old hands at the genre intrigued.
Huge kudos to the narrator - the right mix of restraint and emotion, great character range: unlike other narrators, she actually read the story, rather than thinking she had to over-emote to get your attention: the narration was calm but my attention never wavered.
100% satisfied,and wondering if there are sequels!

This was a great follow up to Shift

This is another great offering. I would so love this story to continue. Here we really got to know the characters so much better and in my opinion the craft of the author is more mature here. I was surprised by the ending and loved the entire story. If you loved Shift get this one too. Don't make the mistake of listening to/reading this one before Shift as a friend of mine did. That ruined the story for her.

Good story, ok narration

Good story with a fascinating dystopian concept. I'm looking forward to Shift. Unfortunately the narration was competent but not really captivating.

An oldie but a goodie!

This is the third time I have "read" this book over the years. I enjoy it every single time. This series will be one of my favorites, always.