by Hugh Howey “They ought to have been left on their own, both people and the planet. Mankind had the right to go extinct. That’s what life did: it went extinct. It made room for the next in line.” Does the end justify the means? The debate on this theme has raged for a long... Continue Reading →

by Hugh Howey "It was supposed to be people who died and cultures that lasted. Now it was the other way around." Prequel to the best-selling Wool and containing a few of the same characters, in Shift Howey charges himself with reasoning how and why the world ended. Despite the majority of the action happening... Continue Reading →

by Hugh Howey "It turned out that some crooked things looked even worse when straightened." Due to extremely toxic factors on the Earth's surface, survivors eek out an existence in a huge, underground bunker. With the Earth's surface having been uninhabitable for hundreds, possibly thousands of years, the remaining men and women know of no other... Continue Reading →