Sand by Hugh Howey

Synopsis:  The world as we know it is covered in sand, thousands of feet of sand.  Divers venture into the sand to look for artifacts of the lost world, ultimately looking for the lost world of Danvar.  A family of siblings, each with his or her own diving ability must reunite and love each other as a family to overcome the war that is rapidly approaching them.  We see the love between brothers and sisters, the love for a lost father, the love of an absent mother, all of which once finally embraced come together in a story of epic proportions.

My review:  Not in many many moons had I been so excited to read a book.  Hugh Howey has a way of writing something so well that you actually feel like you are a part of it.  In Wool I felt like I was running the stairs with Juliet, In The Hurricane I felt like I was there with Daniel weathering the storm, and in Sand I truly felt like I was diving deep with Palmer or Vic into the sand.  I could see the colors, I could feel the grit in my mouth.  How someone is able to do this so well is beyond me.  I am even someone who takes words and puts them on paper and still I am baffled how Hugh is able to do this better than most anyone else.

Almost all of Hugh's books are written in a world that does not exist.  In Sand, the world has been taken over by years and years of sand, covering the entire world as we know it with thousands of feet of sand.  The idea of diving into sand and exploring the world below is genius, Hugh might be the first guy to think of something like this.  I cannot even comprehend his ability to think of things like this, his imagination amazes me.  I love how he is able to take the simplest of things and make them his own.  Calling money coin.  Coming up with the idea of a sand sailboat called a sarfer.  It's these little things that make you feel like you are part of the story, that you are there with Conner trying to save people in the sand.  It is beautiful.

I truly feel like Hugh Howey is a literary revolutionary.  He is literally changing the book/publishing industry.  Not only is his writing fantastic, his ideas are unparalleled.  How he does it again with Sand, is beyond me.  I will save you the effort of searching the internet to buy a copy.  Buy the kindle version or paperback on Amazon, or like me buy a signed copy from Hugh directly.  You will enjoy this book, this world, this author.  Only issue with reading Hugh's books is that all other books from this point on will be disappointment.  True story.

My rating:  10
Pages:  336
Author website:  http://www.hughhowey.com/