Sand
2014 • 384 pages

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Average rating3.9

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The new novel 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.


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#1 in The Sand Chronicles

The Sand Chronicles is a 1-book series first released in 2014 with contributions by Hugh Howey.

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Across the Sand

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A young adult-esque dystopian adventure story of 4 siblings struggling to live in a sand covered world. Great characters and lots of inventive action slightly let down by longer bits of not much. 3.5 rounded down.

December 29, 2022

Not as good as the Siloh books but pretty good. Definitely worth reading if you liked/enjoyed Siloh saga.

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August 25, 2014