Hugh Howey is a tremendously talented author. I didn't love Beacon 23, but his Wool series (apparently now a TV series, which I haven't watched yet) is very, v

Hugh Howey is a tremendously talented author. I didn't love Beacon 23, but his Wool series (apparently now a TV series, which I haven't watched yet) is very, very good. Sand is another great novel. Both feature humanity surviving in incredibly hostile environments, doomed to them by their predecessors.