- Scifi, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic, Apocalyptic
They live beneath the earth in a prison of their own making. There is a view of the outside world, a spoiled and rotten world, their forefathers left behind. But this view fades over time, ruined by the toxic airs that kill any who brave them. So they leave it to the criminals, those who break the rules, and who are sent to cleaning. Why do they do it, these people condemned to death? Sheriff Holston has always wondered. Now he is about to find out.
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Grave, contemporary, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Hugh Howey
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 552
- Publisher
- Arrow Books, Broad Reach Publishing, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- Italian, Chinese, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780358447832
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Born in 1975, I spent the first eighteen years of my life getting through the gauntlet of primary education. While there, I dabbled in soccer, chess, and tried to write my first novel (several times). Out of school, I became fascinated with computers, repaired them for a brief stint, then moved to Charleston, SC and attended college. To save money, I purchased a small sailboat to live on, and nearly got myself killed bringing it down from Baltimore with a friend. After my junior year of college, possibly out of fear of the real world, I left my safe little harbor and sailed South. I hopped around the islands for a while, went through two hurricanes, and spent the last of my cruising funds re
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