I was quite taken by the Silo TV series this past
year and decided to further explore this universe by reading the independently
published novels the show is based on.
In Wool, Howey describes a
cylindrical bunker city containing 144 levels accessible via a spiral staircase
that takes several days to climb. Each level is dedicated to a particular
occupation, the miners and mechanics living in the “down deep” and the
bureaucrats living “up top” with limited contact between them.
When Juliette
Nichols, the newly appointed sheriff from Mechanical, climbs up to mingle with
the bureaucrats, the order in the Silo is disrupted, and its origin’s mysteries are
revealed.
The notion of bunker cities isn’t new in science fiction, but Howey
explores the subject with grit, depth, and great detail — an intriguing read.
SOON TO BE A MAJOR APPLE TV SERIES __________________________ 'Thrilling, thought-provoking and memorable ... one of dystopian fiction's masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World.' DAILY EXPRESS
In a ruined and hostile landscape, in a future few have been unlucky enough to survive, 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.
To live, you must follow the rules. But some don't. These are the dangerous ones; these are the people who dare to hope and dream, and who infect others…
I
flipped through one of Torey Hayden’s books in a small library last summer and
liked what I read. I looked her up later and discovered she is a special
education teacher who’s published many accounts of the toughest cases she’s had
to deal with.
Ghost Girl reads like a thriller. Based on her experience with a strange child named Jade, Hayden recounts how she uncovers the girl’s dark secrets of ritual abuse and tries to help her out of her situation. Many deny
that ritual abuse actually takes place because solid evidence is hard to come
by, but this case shows it exists and must be taken seriously.
I particularly
like the epilogue in which Hayden describes her research and findings on this
topic.
From the bestselling author of One Child comes this compelling, true story of a child in desperate peril and the teacher who saved her despite the odds.
Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world…until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence.
Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her—a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge. Yet a little girl was living in a nightmare, and…
I had read this book as a
teenager and picked it up again last December. It had been so long since I’d
read it that it felt like a brand-new novel. Cooney’s Christmas taleis a
heartwarming yet realistic take at how foster children experience the holidays.
Here, we meet a foster child named Katie who believes she will get a family for
Christmas when she takes part in a program for disadvantaged children who
receive a present from generous strangers.
It is a short yet powerful novel I
will now read every Christmas vacation.
Sixteen-year-old Matt knows not to expect anything of life, or people or Christmas. But his foster sister, Katie, hasn't yet learnt not to hope. When all the foster kids make their Christmas wishes, Katie asks for a family. Matt reckons no-one gets a family for Christmas - do they?
When a deathbed confession leads RCMP Constable Jasper Nelson to discover the existence of his illegitimate sister, his curiosity is piqued and he sets out to find her. He locates the young woman a year later where he least expects to, within the police force itself.
As the geographical distance separating them becomes unbearable, Nelson obtains a transfer from Vancouver to the Inuvik detachment where he partners with his hardy sibling Heidi Finlay to investigate criminal activity and trauma in the High Arctic. Inspired by actual events, On Duty is a series of cases narrated by the Mounties themselves; through Nelson’s refined prose and Finlay’s no-nonsense reporting, a portrait of human nature emerges, emphasizing the possibility—and need—for divine redemption.
