Shift (Silo, #2)

by Hugh Howey

‘Children used to be our legacy, right? They were our chance to cheat death, to pass these little bits of ourselves along. But now we hope it can simply be us.’

‘Everyone thinks they’ve got all the time left in the world.’ She levelled her cool grey eyes at him. ‘But they never stop to ask just how much time that is.’

‘Nothing changes until we make it change,’

Liars and dead men – two parties unskilled at dispensing the truth.