In the immortal words
of Richard O’Brian in his lyrics for“Planet, Schmanet, Janet,” “A mental mind
fuck can be nice.”
To begin with, this is
a rather melancholy dystopian story. You follow the main character, Holston,
through his reasoning for questioning his life. It’s well written and a solid
read. The story grabs you and doesn’t want to let you go.
Holston is going through
the remorse and sadness of losing his wife. He questions his life, his home,
his government, just as anyone would. The problem is this story is
post-apocalyptic and his entire society is holed up in a refurbished missile
silo.
Outside is horrid. Air
filled with harmful gases and skin torturing winds; or is it?
There is a truth hidden
in this society. Those in charge work hard to maintain order and keep the truth
hidden. When someone questions the truth, they are allowed to do as they please
and go outside. The trade-off is that the person who desires to leave, must
take out the cleaner and wool and clean the cameras for the rest of the people
staying behind.
Holston doesn’t realize
the truth until he goes outside himself and removes his helmet.
I sat for a bit and had
to think about this story. It took me a little bit to really wrap my head
around the conclusion. I was going to write that I felt a bit cheated in the
story until I found out that this is only book one and there is a Wool Omnibus
with books 1-5 in it. There is also a prequel titled “First Shift – Legacy”
which is book 6 in the series. I have been told that although book 6 is a
prequel, you really should read the omnibus first then the prequel so you truly
understand the story.
If the other 5 books
are as creative as the first, I’m hooked. Book 1 is currently free on Amazon
for Kindle but I would recommend the Omnibus for $5.99. As soon as my pennies
add up and my TBR pile decreases a bit, I’ll be reading them and sharing more
info here.
I just found out that a Book 7 has been released as of November 12, 2012 - Totally on my TBR list now.
Woot!! And book 7 for your reading pleasure:
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