First Shift: Legacy
Aug 2012 · Random House
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The incredible first part of the follow up to bestseller Wool.
Donald Keene has been recruited by the government to design a shelter. He has been told that it is just protocol. That it won’t really be used. That it is ‘just-in-case’.
It is underground.
Over fifty years later Donald’s design has been realised and the last remnants of mankind live in his silo. But no one can remember what life was like before. In fact, they’re forced to forget. One simple pill erases a memory. And with it, any chance of hope.
Donald Keene has been recruited by the government to design a shelter. He has been told that it is just protocol. That it won’t really be used. That it is ‘just-in-case’.
It is underground.
Over fifty years later Donald’s design has been realised and the last remnants of mankind live in his silo. But no one can remember what life was like before. In fact, they’re forced to forget. One simple pill erases a memory. And with it, any chance of hope.
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4.2
22 reviews
Katie Clemence-Jackson
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5 May 2014
This set of novels will surely rank among the top dystopian novels ever written. Terrifyingly believable and incredibly gripping.
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Leon Bayliss
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16 June 2013
Couldn't put this down, great all the way through from start to finish.
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Stephen
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13 January 2019
Brilliant
About the author
Hugh Howey spent eight years living on boats and working as a yacht captain for the rich and famous. It wasn't until the love of his life carried him away from these vagabond ways that he began to pursue literary adventures, rather than literal ones.
Hugh wrote and self-published his first young adult novel, Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue. The Molly Fyde series won rave reviews and praise from readers but it was the release of Wool that made his career take off. Within 6 months, Wool had sold over 150,000 copies, garnering over 1,000 five-star reviews on Amazon.com, and film rights had been optioned by Ridley Scott. This is the first hardback edition of the book.
Hugh lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Amber and their dog Bella.
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