Hugh Howey

Bestselling author of Wool and other books. Currently sailing around the world.

Beacon 23

The Beacon 23 series is complete! I’ve had a few questions about the series, so I thought I’d answer them all in a blog post, plus give you a little history of how the series came about. I’ve been thinking about this series for years, all the way back to the Molly Fyde books. The idea of a lighthouse operator in outer space appealed to me. The desolation, the solitude, plus all the wild events that might break up the monotony of staring at the stars the way lighthouse operators must’ve stared at…