title: Wool 4: The Unraveling
author:  Hugh Howey 
description: Hugh Howey spent 8 years working as a yacht captain. When he was pulled away from the sea by the love of his life, he turned to his childhood dream of becoming an author. His Molly Fyde series has won praise from reviewers, and now his Wool series has become a #1 bestseller, with Random House publishing in the UK and Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian securing the film rights. He lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Amber and their dog Bella.
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  Wool
  
  
  by Hugh Howey
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # 1
  
  
  
  
  
  The children were playing while Holston climbed to his death; he could hear
  them squealing as only happy children do. While they thundered about
  frantically above, Holston took his time, each step methodical and ponderous,
  as he wound his way around and around the spiral staircase, old boots ringing
  out on metal treads.
  
  
  The treads, like his father’s boots, showed signs of wear. Paint clung to them
  in feeble chips, mostly in the corners and undersides, where they were safe.
  Traffic elsewhere on the staircase sent dust shivering off in small clouds.
  Holston could feel the vibrations in the railing, which was worn down to the
  gleaming metal. That always amazed him: how centuries of bare palms and
  shuffling feet could wear down solid steel. One molecule at a time, he
  supposed. Each life might wear away a single layer, even as the silo wore away
  that life.
  
  
  Each step was slightly bowed from generations of traffic, the edge rounded
  down li