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Wool

"The heavy steel doors of the silo parted, and a great cloud of argon billowed out with an angry hiss."
Somewhere in the future, society as we know it has collapsed.  The world has become uninhabitable and only a few humans remain.  They live in the silo, an entire society housed in one place.  People in the silo know their place and follow the rules.  And if they don't they are sent outside to clean the silo's sensors and never return.
Juliette Nichols has enjoyed life in the silo.  She has been a mechanic in the down deep since she was young and she is very good at her job.  She enjoys living so far down with the people that have become family to her.  However, a sudden opening in the sherif's department has her traveling to the top level of the silo, much to her hesitation.  Her time up top leads to new information and lots of questions that will forever change the lives of Jules and the rest of the residents of the silo.
Wool, by High Howey, was an excellent book.  He creates an incredible world that really makes you question our own.  A world full of corruption and lies.  The characters are extremely well written as well.  The entire book had so much detail that I just loved.  One of the many reasons I will forever choose a book over a movie...you can spin a fantastic world with words and imagination that the screen will never be able to capture.
Wool had a strong pro-female vibe, which I really enjoyed.  It seems that strong, badass women are often written by female authors and tend to be a bit stereotypical.  Howey's character of Juliette was unique and accompanied by several other strong female characters.  They were written in a way that was both believable and made you want to never underestimate women.  And they weren't without flaws.  They were real, open, and honest.  They were also surrounded by several supportive men and all in all it made for a nice mix of people that kept the moment of the book flowing effortlessly.  
Wool was originally written as short stories and the edition I read was all five short stories together.  It worked extremely well as one.  The next installment by Hugh Howey is Shift, which I'm currently reading.  It's also made up of several shorter stories that work together and explains more of what took place prior to the time that Wool is set in.  Shift is then followed by Dust.  


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