Review: A courageous IT head, an eccentric mayor, and a no-nonsense electrician...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
If this sounds like the setup to one of those "walks into a bar" jokes, it's not. In fact, it's the beginning to Ann Christy's incredible Silo 49 series.Silo 49 is failing. This is no secret to Graham, its head of IT, or his friend and confidant, Wallis, the mayor. Compounding the problem is Graham's suspicion that his silo has been set up to fail from the very beginning. With time running out and the aid of a resouceful electrician named Grace, Graham and Wallis make a bold decision--one that will either free them, or end them. The only thing they know for certain is that once they begin, there's no going back.Simply put, Silo 49: Going Dark is among the finest additions to Hugh Howey's World of WOOL. The story is rich with a level of detail sure to bring readers into parts of the silos previously unseen. Even during the technical bits, the story continues to move seamlessly. There are no massive info dumps that slow the narrative to a crawl, no head-scratching jargon requiring a technical manual always be within easy reach. Ann's prose is crisp and confident at all times, easily bringing the reader along with Graham, Wallis, and Grace as they navigate the treacherous politics and dehumanizing protocols underpinning life in the silo. It's a fascinating journey, one that had this reader captivated from the opening passage to the final turn of the page.