Shift

Silo #2

Before the walls of the silo were built, the seeds of humanity's downfall were already being planted. In Shift, the chilling sequel to Hugh Howey’s "wool", the timeline rewinds to trace the origins of the underground sanctuary and the terrifying science that made it necessary.

In 2007, two independent breakthroughs altered the course of history: microscopic nanobots capable of self-replicating inside the human body, and a pharmaceutical breakthrough capable of selectively erasing traumatic memories. Together, these innovations handed mankind the dual powers of ultimate destruction and forced ignorance. Shift exposes the architects, secrets, and terrible choices that buried civilization beneath the earth—and ensured no one would remember why.