Shift - Silo Vol 2: Shift, Bks 1-3 Author:Hugh Howey Omnibus edition contains the second volume in the Silo series: Vol 2-Shift, Bks 1-3 (Parts 6-8) First Shift: Legacy / Second Shift:Order / Third Shift: Pact -- The sequel trilogy to 'Wool', which takes a leap back in time to s... more »how how the chaos started.
In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanitys broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened.
In a future less than fifty years away, the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by. The truth is that it is ticking away. A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us. They are setting us on a path from which we can never return.
Contents:
1 First Shift: Legacy: A silo architect finds out too late what he’s been building, loses track of his wife and memories, and must uncover the secret behind the silo in order to make everything right. (Part 6)--
2 Second Shift: Order: The mystery of the silos and the moral dilemma of killing in order to save lives. A porter, Mission Jones, with his inner struggle of hating to be a burden on anyone. (Part 7)--
3 Third Shift: Pact: After decades of living in the silo, some are bound to question the living conditions. Who built the silo? Why are they there? Are their others like them? Those questions are the biggest crime anyone can commit. Silence is the only way to survive. Snippets of a young man, Jimmy, growing up alone in a silo post-uprising. (Part 8)--