The next section shifts from Palmer’s story to his two younger brothers: Conner and Rob. Then an unexpected betrayal leaves Palmer to a questionable fate worse than being buried alive. Together, the two friends make it to the tallest ‘scrapper’, but just barely. When he reaches his employers camp, far north of Springton and out in the middle of nowhere, he finds out they may be diving for the near-mythical town called Danvar, where unspoiled riches await any young diver brave enough (and stupid enough) to risk going down that far. A young sand diver who, along with his dive partner Hap, has taken a job to dive deep. The old towns (and knowledge) have long been buried and people have devised a way to dive deep into the sands to recover artifacts that can be used up top.
Water is limited, like it always is in the west, but it is made even harder to acquire because of the constantly shifting sands. The populations in and around Low-Pub (Pueblo, CO), Springston (Colorado Springs, CO), and Danvar (Denver, CO) have re-arranged themselves into shuffling towns that move with the sands. The story is set long after a cataclysmic event that left the world filled with sand and wind. In his wake, his wife, daughter and three sons struggle to make it in a post-apocalyptic Colorado. Actually, he left them to find a better place, but nonetheless, he left them.
Original released as a serial, in Hugh Howey’s latest novel we are introduced to a family falling apart after their father left them for a better place.
You won’t regret it. Okay, now that I got my obligatory* fangirl praise out of the way, let’s talk about the story. Sand‘s post-apocalyptic tale plays out on a future Earth where much of Colorado is buried beneath shifting sands. Though it is a post-apocalyptic tale, do not confuse Sand with Wool, his blockbuster series set in underground silos. Sand is indie author Hugh Howey’s latest novel. Kindle Edition – Published January 9th, 2014 by Broad Reach Publishing
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