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Novel began life as the Silo series of novellas The original title for the Novella "Holston" was "Wool Contains a sneak preview of Hugh Howey's "Shift." The second novel in the Silo series Holston -- Proper Gauge -- Casting off -- Unraveling -- Stranded In a ruined and hostile landscape, a community exists in a giant underground silo. Inside, men and women live an enclosed life full of rules and regulations, of secrets and lies. The people who don't follow the rules are the dangerous ones; they dare to hope and dream, and infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple and deadly. They are allowed outside. Jules is one of these people. She may well be the last. Book 1 of the Wool trilogy. Book of the Month Random House January 2013. 'Sunday Times' bestseller.