Review: Chilling and Beautiful
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
With Greatfall, Jason Gurley turned Hugh Howey's Silo books on their ear. Most of the fan fiction up until that point had mostly followed Hugh's lead, but Gurley's fascinating and terrorizing take on the Silo 23 broke through to read one of the largest audiences of the fan fiction works.I never imagined I'd see another Greatfall story, but lo and behold, here I find myself reviewing it just moments after finishing the story. It's a short story, set decades after the climax of Greatfall. Here we wrap up the unfinished thread of Greatfall -- what really happened to Matthew? In the years since he made his escape, Matthew has lived as one of many in the silo instead of the person of extreme power that he enjoyed in the first book. There isn't some big, dramatic story here, but what you'll find is a touching, beautiful story of a man, once important, driven into exile and hiding and what sort of life he led over the years. Matthew doesn't deserve it, but it evokes heartbreak, sorrow, and compassion on his behalf.Read it. I dare you not to feel for the villain of Greatfall. Go ahead.Great end to the Greatfall saga that I didn't know I needed and certainly wasn't expecting.