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Shift

Hugh Howey (2016)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages579 (Chunky (400-600))
SeriesThe Silo Saga, Book #
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Synopsis

"In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity's broad history, mankind discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened."--

Tags

Post-Apocalyptic FictionTechno-ThrillerConspiracy ThrillerPsychological SF

Shift: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This adult dystopian sci-fi contains strong violence involving mass death and societal collapse, psychological trauma, memory manipulation, and suicide. The dark premise explores the end of humanity through nanotechnology and memory-erasing drugs.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include suicide, genocide, mass death, and death (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Readers will be gripped by the mystery of how humanity fell and the dark conspiracy behind the underground silos.