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Sand

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The incredible new novel and brand new world from the international bestselling author of the Wool trilogy.

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.

Palmer has never been the same since his father walked out twelve years ago. His elder sister, Vic, is trying to run away from the past; his younger brothers, Connor and Rob, are risking their lives to embrace it. His mother, left with nothing but anger, is just trying to forget.

Palmer wants to prove his worth, not only to his family, but to himself. And in the barren, dune-covered landscape of his home, there is only one way to earn respect: sand-diving. Plunging deep below the desert floor in search of relics and scraps of the old world. He is about to embark on the most dangerous dive of his young life, aiming to become the first to discover the rumoured city below.

Deep within the sand lies the key to bringing his family together – and tearing their world apart.

Critics Review

Sand immerses you in its grubby post-apocalyptic world … Howey conjures a credible, brutal future.
Financial Times
Hugh Howey can really write.
SFX
In short, Sand will earn Mr Howey another well-deserved million or more.
Daily Sport
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.
Financial Times
It’s all too easy to get so wrapped up in spaceships that you forget what original sci-fi ideas are like … But it’s the horror quality of the sand-diving that stays with you – described so hauntingly that you can almost taste the grit.
Sun

User Reviews

Book 4.0
Narration 5.0
Author Hugh Howey
Narrator Christopher Ragland
Duration 10 hours and 1 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473506855
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Modern and contemporary fiction, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
4.0 (1 review)
Narration
5.0 (1 review)

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