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Hugh howey sand series6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() It haunted me when I wasn't reading it, and after finishing it, it still haunts me. I haven't been able to stop thinking about this book. But I almost immediately picked it back up again because it was so good. ![]() I got very invested in the characters, and kept having to put the book down because I was so scared horrible things would happen to them. ![]() Their father abandoned them years before, disappearing into the wasteland of No Man's Land, where no one has ever returned from. Their mother is the owner of the local bar and brothel. The two youngest survive on their own in the town of Springston. The two oldest are divers, and some of the very best. This is the story of a family of four siblings. The world before - our world - is buried under hundreds upon hundreds of meters of sand, and divers wearing special suits swim down into the depths to bring back remnants of the past to sell. He's created a post-apocalyptic world where sand has overrun everything, and the inhabitants of what was once Colorado have to fight against the ever encroaching sand. ![]() The world of Sand is about life on the margins and doing whatever is necessary to survive. Howey has created a world very different from Wool. ![]()
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