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Name: Wool
Rating: 4.5 (12 reviews)
Author: Hugh Howey

📘 Wool by Hugh Howey

Wool follows the harsh reality of a people who have lived beneath the earth for generations, trapped in a prison of their own making. As toxic air invades the surface, the view of the outside world fades, leaving only the broken, Rotten reality that the prisoners live with. The criminals who break the rules are sent to cleaning, and their lives are condemned to death. Sheriff Holston has always wondered why these people do it, but he is about to discover what lies beneath the surface—and what it means for the future of civilization.

First publish date: 2011

Genre: Dystopian & Apocalyptic Fiction/Dystopian Fiction

Authors: Hugh Howey

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