Sand - (Sand Chronicles) by Hugh Howey (Paperback)

About the Book

"The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost. Their father was a sand diver, one of the elite few who could travel deep beneath the desert floor and bring up the relics and scraps that keep their people alive. But their father is gone. And the world he left behind might be next. Welcome to the world of Sand, a novel by New York Times best-selling author Hugh Howey. Sand is an exploration of lawlessness, the tale of a land ignored. Here is a people left to fend for themselves. Adjust your ker and take a last, deep breath before you enter"--

Book Synopsis

The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost. Their father was a sand diver, one of the elite few who could travel deep beneath the desert floor and bring up the relics and scraps that keep their people alive. But their father is gone. And the world he left behind might be next.

Welcome to the world of Sand, a novel by New York Times best-selling author Hugh Howey. Sand is an exploration of lawlessness, the tale of a land ignored. Here is a people left to fend for themselves. Adjust your ker and take a last, deep breath before you enter.

Review Quotes

"Sand immerses you in its grubby post-apocalyptic world . . . Howey conjures a credible, brutal future." -- James Lovegrove, The Financial Times (UK)

"Hugh Howey can really write." -- SFX

"This terrifically fresh and well-realised setting provides the background for a richly emotional story about families and communities." -- Morning Star

"Sand shows the success of Howey's Wool trilogy was no fluke. This is a superior SF thriller, both slick and gritty. Sand immerses you in its grubby post-apocalyptic world . . . Howey conjures a credible, brutal future." -- Financial Times

About the Author

HUGH HOWEY is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde saga and the New York Times and USA Today best-selling Wool series. The Wool Omnibus won Kindle Book Review's 2012 Indie Book of the Year Award and has been translated in forty countries.