Review: A Renewal of Freedom
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2013
Michael Bunker's final installment in his Silo trilogy, Renew, is packed full of action, drama, literary references, and philosophical ideas about freedom that you will find yourself pondering long after you have finished this short story.  Although the setting for the story is in Hugh Howey's Wool universe, Bunker has used the Silo as a microcosm of a larger human problem of freedom versus societal control. Specifically, the freedom of the Samizdat to publish what they want, versus the Silo authorities who want to control all that is written or read.  Leah, the main character of the series, is now caught up in events that are beyond her control, yet that she managed to inspire with some of her simple acts of conscience. Her decision to write the truth as she saw it, despite the consequences, turns out to have a surprising power to open minds to the possibility of freedom.  I believe Mr. Bunker's stories may have a similiar effect.