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Sand

By: Hugh Howey
Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
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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.

©2014 Hugh Howey (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers
Action & Adventure Disaster Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Adventure
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Storytelling at its best!

Between the story and the narrator, this book makes you feel the story as if it is your own. Will listen to again, but first I am anxious to get started in the second book!

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Great world building

Awesome in all ways. Characters. Plot. Twists. Emotionally wonderful. So real. I would recommend this to everyone.

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Every bit as good as Wool!

Fantastic story highlighted by mesmerizing visions of the impossible: traveling through sand. All my life I’ve had recurrent dreams of such an occurrence: walking through that which is solid. Great beasts that burst forth from subterranean lairs beneath my feet. Deep oceans and beautiful clear tide pools which required only the peeling back of carpeting on the living room to be revealed; great and huge and beautiful and frightening creatures beneath the solid, all usual and normal in my sleeping brain. And so this novel struck me in a very inner, private place, as if the author had peered in to my dreams and brought them to life.

In quantum physics nothing is solid. Everything breaks down into particles. And those into particles— until no more remain but the tiniest of quarks vibrating against each other. All matter is but a mass of vibrations. And according to the laws of quantum physics, moving through sand (or walls, or stone or concrete) is entirely possible.

It is the wonder of my dreams combined with these little-known laws of quantum matter that moved me so much throughout this story. I can’t wait to start Across the Sand next!

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Incredible world building - TW below!

TW: this book contains mentions of sexual assault, and mentions of prostitution in a disparaging manner. It also contains death scenes.

Review: amazing book. Honestly, one of the best examples of world building. I hope people make fan art of this

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I finished it. It was not intrigue enough to listen to the second book.

It’s a decent, but I did not Grip me. I was looking the start to a new series, but I think this one ends here for me.

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Great story and very refreshing, you’re kept on you toes!

Great story and very refreshing, you’re kept on you toes!

Narration is great and the story is very compelling.

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Excellent beginning to an epic saga

Hugh Howey does it again. He managed to pull me into this creative and imaginative world. His ability to grow team of characters that you can appreciate,  underestimate, and root for. if you like the post apocalyptic genre, and want to see a world where Waterworld meets Dune you may fall in love with this book. 

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so new. so good

I really enjoyed the book. I really enjoyed the new world. I've really enjoyed the magic/ technology. character building was great. prose was great

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Just the Best

This is the best book I think I’ve ever listened to as an audiobook. Mental surprises along the way. Sudden realizations. Very well written and crafted.

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Well worth your time. Good story, good narration, and what’s ever better than those is the world Howey built. It’s candy for the imagination, it makes you yearn for more.

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