Cleaning Up (Karma #2)

Hey Patrice ~ I LOVE this story idea! You have my complete blessing.

Hugh Howey, author of WOOL

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Five years have passed since the airlock slammed shut on the 4,000 souls condemned to live in the Silo.

Karma can remember now that there was a time before--before she was locked into this cylindrical tomb under the earth. But all she can see of the outside are dead hills and the dark clouds swirling through what remains of a toxic world.

She clings to this barren life not for herself but simply to keep her child safe... and to preserve the forbidden truths about what has been lost. Among the lost is her friend Andy, the first person sent out to Clean.

Sent out to die.

With every step and every stair, Karma vows to survive so that her memories of the world that once existed will live on in those who come after.

This is a novella based on Hugh Howey's WOOL books, the second of five best-selling ebooks in the Karma series.

Karma of the Silo: The Collection, which includes all of the episodes in the Karma series, is now available as an ebook, to be followed by a print edition.

Praise for Patrice Fitzgerald and the Karma series

Fitzgerald has created another masterpiece here with Cleaning Up. It's as good, if not better than, The Sky Used to be Blue. She has such an immediate style of writing which grips you from the start and takes you on a wild journey through the desperate lives of those living in the Silo.

W.J. Davies, author of The Runner and The Diver

A definite PLUS to the Wooliverse, and a must read if you want to be well-versed in all things WOOL!

Michael Bunker, author of Pennsylvania, The Silo Archipelago, and WICK

I think I'm in love with Karma. I was curious about her life when Hugh Howey mentioned her in SHIFT. I highly recommend, not just this book, but this whole series! Read them all. You won't regret it... I can't wait for the next/ last book!

Hanna Elizabeth, author of Visions of Wool

Fitzgerald's characters come alive and threaten to leap off the page, they are so engaging.

Jerilyn Dufresne, author of Who Killed My Boss? Any Meat in that Soup? and the Sam Darling Mysteries

The Sky Used to be Blue manages the difficult feat of placing itself within the existing narrative, just like a missing piece of the great puzzle, and not just a parallel story or spinoff. It is well-written, gripping and filled with suspense. All the ingredients necessary are here: good writing, action and unexpected twists, characters you care about, and a deeper meaning.

Max Zaoui