I wasn't familiar with Hugh Howey until I watched an interview with him on Sword & Laser. Hearing his storying, of his book being turned down so many times, becoming self published, then getting picked up by a publisher and the rights of his story bought by Ridley Scott for a movie, I felt I had to read it. I was intrigued because this was a man who believed in his story and his belief eventually convinced others to do the same. It's an incredible tale and I think it took quite the amount of skill to write such a story where the setting really doesn't vary all that much. I connected with the characters and am most certainly eager to see what happens next.