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Cover of The Silo Series Boxed Set: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories

The Silo Series Boxed Set: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories

Hugh Howey ()

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Doorstopper (600+))
Setting
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastMultiple POVs

Tropes

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Synopsis

Editorial Reviews Review ā€œClaustrophobic and, at times, genuinely terrifying.ā€ - Washington Post on Wool ā€œExhilarating, intense, addictive.ā€ - S.J. Watson, bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep on Wool ā€œSci-fi’s Underground Hit.ā€ - Wall Street Journal on Wool ā€œA superior sci-fi thriller, both slick and gritty.ā€ - Financial Times on Dust ā€œThis is the best science fiction series I’ve read in years. Not since A Canticle for Leibowitz have I been so utterly enthralled.ā€ - Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Dust ā€œThe saga that began in 2011 with a breathtaking self-published novel called Wool comes to a satisfying end with Dust .ā€ - Entertainment Weekly on Dust About the Author Hugh Howey is the New York Times and USA Today bestsellĀ­ing author of the Silo Series: Wool , Shift , and Dust ; Beacon 23 ; Sand ; Half Way Home ; and Machine Learning . His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have soldĀ millions of copies worldĀ­wide. Adapted from his bestselling sci-fi trilogy, Silo is now streaming on Apple TV+Ā and Beacon 23 is streaming on MGM+. Howey lives in New York with his wife, Shay.

Tags

Dystopian FictionPost-ApocalypticSci-Fi ThrillerMystery

Is The Silo Series Boxed Set: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

This post-apocalyptic sci-fi series features claustrophobic underground settings, strong violence including deaths, dystopian themes of government control and deception, and moderate language. The psychological tension and dark themes are suited for older teens and adults.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include death, mass death, and violence (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Teens will be riveted by the mystery of why humanity lives in underground silos and the fight to uncover the truth about their world.