Shift: The thrilling dystopian series, and the #1 drama in history of Apple TV (Silo)

This book was crazy good. Such a good sequel that acts as a prequel and also sets us up for the future of the silos.

It's the second novel in Hugh Howey’s Silo series and delves into the origins of the silos, revealing how and why they were created. This answers many of the mysteries left open in "Wool."The story unfolds through multiple perspectives, primarily focusing on the characters involved in the creation of the silos. It reveals how the world deteriorated into a toxic environment, providing a deeper understanding of the circumstances that led to the silo's existence.Author's writing in "Shift" is gripping, immersive, and complex. He maintains the suspense and intrigue from "Wool," keeping readers engaged by slowly unveiling the larger mysteries of the silo world. This book is a crucial piece of the "Silo" puzzle, offering a deeper understanding of the world and its origins.Some readers may find that the pacing lags at certain points, particularly during sections focused on exposition and world-building but they more than make up for it.

This thing is bulky and tougher read then wool but justified due to the insane historical plot buildup required to explain much of the things we read about in wool. While Wool was definitely the most engaging book of the Trilogy, SHIFT fascinated me the most. Also I feel compelled to pick up this book time and again but never felt the same for others.

Very good book, some of the things little bit nonsense and there was no explanation but i like this genre books. Also apple tv show was so slow i had to buy the books to see the end.

4.8⭐ This is a brilliant Dystopian (also Sci-fi) book by Hugh Howey. Don't wait any further, just buy it. But start with Book 1 (haha).

Its too detailed and you will probably get bored of reading endless stuff about the environment.

Shift Omnibus Edition (Shift 1-3) (Silo Saga) is prequel to best-selling post-apocalyptic ‘Wool’ series by Hugh Howey. Before starting with the review for Shift (1-3), let me tell you, I liked all the ‘Wool’ books very much and gave them very high rating – Reason being ‘the whole Wool series was very innovative and story and settings were very unique and interesting’.In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate.In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event.At almost the same moment in humanity’s broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened.Now coming to ‘Shift’ – the book is divided into three parts namely:1. First Shift – The Legacy2. Second Shift – The Order3. Third Shift – The PactEach book tells a story which will eventually be linked to the events happened in ‘Wool’ series. The book one, i.e., First Shift is mainly focused on how and why the silo’s built and reason behind the man made apocalypse. Two stories run parallel in book one – first one in mid 21st century where it is focused on building of ‘silos’ and second one in ’22nd century inside silo one – where a guy named ‘Troy’ is taking controller of Silo 1 who is woken up from deep freeze after 50+ years and Silo 1 controls all the silos’.Now coming to problems with story – I ask where is innovations? Didn’t Hugh Howey saw the movie ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’? If yes – he should have known that the concept of ‘Nano machines’ destroying the world and humans was already being told in this movies. Though the only difference is in movie the ‘Nano Machines’ where bought from aliens to earth and whereas in ‘First Shift’ – Israel built it first then Iranians copied it and made it more ‘DNA’ centric – means it will attack only on certain DNA types (like ‘Jews’ etc) and left them lose on Americans. Some guys in US government found out about this (like they found nano machines in almost everyone’s blood in US) and developed cure also but instead of curing the people – they built 50 Silo’s for each state of US and nuked whole world – where’s is the logic? If you have the cure then why nuke everyone?And ‘Second Shift’ and ‘Third Shift’ – similarly deviled into two different story line: in both the story one story line is focused on ‘Silo 1′ and second story line revolves around ‘Silo 17′ and ‘Silo 18′. I found the story of ‘Solo’ in Silo 17 is totally unnecessary and pretty boring. By the end – we come to know that the world outside is green and habitable – when our main protagonist ‘Donald’ fires a drone to check world outside – and it is finally revealed that the ‘Nano Dust’ is surrounding the only limited area (i.e., the area surrounding fifty silos) behind that the world is green and habitable. I ask ‘What the hell – they were doing in Silo for almost three centuries?’, ‘Why didn’t they checked before – whether the world is habitable outside the surrounding area of Silo?’, ‘Are they so dumb?’.All three books in Shift didn’t add much to the ‘Wool’ events – most of the things you already know from Wool. All three novels are pointless and you can avoid them – they are not going to add much to the ‘Wool’ series. The idea/plot of all three books doesn’t’ make any sense and the book itself is too big and boring. The story which is set in 2049, but it feels like 2000 because the technology, specially touch screen computers are non-existing and no one is using ‘Twitter or Facebook’ or any amazing replacement – the social media is dead in 2049 as per Hugh Howey. The only things which makes it 2049 is Nano machines.Even the ‘technology/challenges’ faced in building Silos and the working Silos didn’t actually explained in all three novels? Where is the part which explains – how the oxygen supply is provided to 150 storey building? How electricity is generated underground? How water is being provided? And the logic explained for cleaning doesn’t’ make sense at all!Overall – Shift Omnibus Edition (Shift 1-3) (Silo Saga) is pretty boring and repetitive narration of rebellion sequence of ‘Wool’ makes it even boring. No innovative story line even the Nano Machines part seems like taken from movie ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’.So, My verdict is you can avoid it.

exellent livre. J'adore

O produto chegou bem embalado e em boas condições, porém chegou uma edição diferente. Acho que seria prudente terem mais atenção para garantir que as imagens representem exatamente o produto que será enviada ao cliente. Ainda mais porque esse é um livro de uma série e quem compra livro pode ser bem criterioso quanto a ter os livros de uma série combinando.

If you enjoy dystopian thrillers, the Silo series is among the very best. I loved Wool, so my expectations were very high for Shift, the second book in the Silo series. The novel is an ambitious and structurally complex sequel that significantly expands the scope of the world first established in Wool. In Shift, Howey explores the origin and construction of the silos through the introduction of numerous new characters, along with the return of some who appeared in the first book. The story moves across multiple timelines, overlapping with events from Wool.As in Wool, the writing is excellent throughout. For me, some of my strongest sections involved Jimmy/Solo and the tragic, lonely story of his life in the silo. I am hoping he plays a larger role in the third book. One major difference is that the story moves at a slower pace in Shift compared to Wool. The focus in Shift on the political and technological origins of the silos, across multiple timelines, slows the novel down, especially compared to the more action-oriented story told in Wool. I would also say the tone is bleaker in Shift, as there is less action and it takes a more large-scale perspective on how control is maintained within the silos.Overall, I very much enjoyed the world-building in Shift, but I would still say that Wool is a slightly stronger book. While there are interesting new characters introduced in Shift, none of them match Juliette’s fierce determination and compelling story from the first book. And for those who have not yet seen it, the Apple TV+ adaptation of the Silo series is definitely worth watching.

Where do I begin?After being totally floored by the brilliance of Wool and I am not just saying that, I geared myself up to read Shift. Now I am always a little nervous reading the second installment in a series, what if this book is not as good as the last? Not to fear reader! There is no difference in the quality of this book but I will say please read Wool first as this is a prequel but at the end it does bring us in line with the end of Wool.This novel gives us a deeper insight about why the inhabitants of the silo are deep underground in the first place and it flits between the 21st and 22nd centuries to do this.At the end of the last book it was discovered that there is more just the one silo, you discover that there are a lot more (but hah! you will have to read to find out exactly how many) and this book concentrates on Silo 1 which is the main silo. Also you will note that Silo 1 is a lot different than Silo 18, I mean it has a lift (sorry elevator!) amongst other things!In the 21st century we meet Donald Keene who is a member of Congress along with Senator Thurman, The Senator needs help with a project he is working on, a highly confidential project and he wants Donald to work on it, the project is for disposing of spent nuclear fuel in Georgia. But it becomes clear that the Senator's project is more that meets the eye. Of course it turns out the construction is not for nuclear fuel and during a convention at the finished construction site nuclear bombs explode all around and the attendees have no other option than to enter the silos.In the 22nd century a man called Troy awakes from being frozen, foggy about his past he is about to work a six month shift in Silo 1. He gets fleeting memories of his past life but he is told to take a blue pill to help him forget. On his shift it becomes apparent the there is trouble in the other silos and Silo 12 goes dark during this book. Troy wants to remember more about his past and stops taking them which leads to him remembering more about the events of the convention in Georgia, he is eventually refrozen but when Silo 18 starts to have trouble he is re-awoken to assist.The rest of the book is a pure treat, I do not want to give to much away but we learn more about Silo 1 and what happened to Silo 17, there is so much more I could tell you about this book but it is such a delicious read I want you to enjoy it!!

Hacía mucho tiempo que no me metía tan dentro de un libro. He leído el primero de la saga y este. Durante 3 días he estado enganchado, no podía esperar a saber más sobre cómo avanzaban los personajes y el misterio detrás. Casi me cuesta una discusión con mi novia y el trabajo, pero ha merecido la pena.En concreto, Shift es una precuela de Wool, pero muy necesario para entender el origen de todo y preparar el terreno par el desenlace en Dust.