The Silo Series | Hugh Howey

 

Set in a post-apocalyptic world where the remaining humans live in an underground silo, the surface world is shrouded in mystery and danger. The Silo Series is a trilogy of novels by science fiction author Hugh Howey. The first book, Wool, began as a short in 2011, became a novel and led to two more books: Shift and Dust.

The Earth, as they know it, has been ruined. These last humans live according to strict rules. Each rule must be followed or one will have to bear the consequences; banishment to the outside. A story about survival, control and access to information.

In this underground world alliances are made and broken, conflicts grow, doubt creeps in. Is the outside really as dangerous as everyone has been told? In that sense it’s allegorical. We so often see the natural world as dangerous, something to conquer, hide or escape from. The Silo Series represents a polluted and poisoned earth much as ours is becoming.