Prequel series to Hugh Howey's breakout series "Wool". I liked the first Wool series and it was obvious from it that Howey has some great writing chops, but I felt the story was a little sketchy, a little bare bones and needed some filling in. After reading it, I didn't feel I had an idea of what Howey was really trying to convey with the story. In this followup series, Howey fills in many of those gaps. We get a little more characterization, a bit more complexity and somewhat more of an idea of what might be in the unique mind of Mr. Howey. And although Shift jumped around quite a bit, from decade to decade or century to century, from silo to silo to silo, overall it was usually easy to follow and tied up perfectly with the happenings and characters in Wool. With Shift, the original ideas in Wool have blossomed. It will be interesting to see if with the next installment, Dust, Howey is able to bring them to full bloom. I'll bet you a can opener and a can of peaches that he does.