Summary
A powerful post-apocalyptic thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Silo trilogy.
The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost. Palmer has never been the same since his father walked out twelve years ago. His elder sister, Vic, is trying to run away from the past; his younger brothers, Connor and Rob, are risking their lives to embrac…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099595151 |
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| ISBN-10: | 009959515X |
| Author: | Hugh Howey |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 27mm |
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Sand immerses you in its grubby post-apocalyptic world … Howey conjures a credible, brutal future.
Sand immerses you in its grubby post-apocalyptic world … Howey conjures a credible, brutal future. * Financial Times *Hugh Howey can really write. * SFX *In short, Sand will earn Mr Howey another well-deserved million or more. * Daily Sport *This terrifically fresh and well-realised setting provides the background for a richly emotional story about families and communities. * Morning Star *Sand shows the success of Howey’s Wool Trilogy was no fluke. This is a superior SF thriller, both slick and gritty. * Financial Times *It’s all too easy to get so wrapped up in spaceships that you forget what original sci-fi ideas are like … But it’s the horror quality of the sand-diving that stays with you – described so hauntingly that you can almost taste the grit. * Sun *
About The Author
Hugh Howey
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 the Wool trilogy, which won rave reviews and praise from readers, and whose three books have gone on to become international bestsellers.
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