Shift: Book Two of the Silo Series

Hugh Howey

May 2020 · Silo Book 2 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

NOW A SERIES ON APPLE TV+ THAT STEPHEN KING CALLS “MYSTERIOUS AND TERRIFICALLY SUSPENSEFUL.... EXCELLENT SCIENCE FICTION WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS."

In this second volume in the New York Times best-selling Silo series, Hugh Howey describes the catastrophic events that led to the creation of the silo— and the beginning of the end

In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. The technology has an almost limitless capacity for good—but in the wrong hands, it could have an equally boundless capacity for evil.

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 humanity’s broad history, mankind discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall, and the ability to forget it ever happened. With this godlike power at their fingertips, can humanity be trusted to create a new—and better—world? Or is it doomed to bring about its own destruction?

Ratings and reviews

I have only read the trilogy in paperback so cannot speak to the ebook. That said....HOLY ******!!!! The story is simultaneously fascinating on multiple fronts while terrifyingly agile as it carries you further down the ladder! 5 stars al day in my sleep whike standing on my head all day ! Believe it Thanks so much Mr. Hugh Howey, the John J Adams Book Partner and Mariner Books, Yall crushed it with this trilogy and I just started them again 4 years later ! Thanks so much and read these books! Or audio these books or whatever just get them in you're collective heads 😳

This is without a doubt a nadir in professional publishing. The nicest thing you can say for this book is that all the words are spelled and used correctly. It is decades behind Crichton and dramatically worse in terms of exploring nanotechnology threats. The characters are completely unforgivable and the pacing is the most egregiouswar crime in the book. By the 300th page you should be rooting for the apocalypse because it's the only thing that isn't powered exclusively by self-pity and bad decisions. Although if it's in this book, it probably is. Go read Prey. It's better, shorter, the humans are more likable, and even the killer robots have better personality.

This book delves deeper into the 'Silo' storyline. Just like the first book in the series, I could not stop reading this book once I picked it up. An absolute pleasure to read!

About the author

Hugh Howey is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Silo Series: Wool, Shift, and Dust; Beacon 23; Sand; Half Way Home; and Machine Learning. His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Adapted from his bestselling sci-fi trilogy, Silo is now streaming on Apple TV+ and Beacon 23 is streaming on MGM+. Howey lives in New York with his wife, Shay.