Read Sand: Omnibus Edition Online
Authors: Hugh Howey
[
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] Sand that collects in boots.
[
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] Sand held rigid by a dive suit.
[
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] Wet sand.
[
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] Sand collected in clothing or in mouths.
[
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] Sand trapped in one’s hair.
[
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] Wet sand packed in the soles of one’s shoes.
[
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] Fine sand, usually airborne.
[
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] Sand that enters a home.
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] Sand knocked loose from someone’s exertions.
[
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] The sand that gathers inside goggles and around the eyes.
[
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] The sand found in the bottom of any container.
[
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] The sand that flows across the desert floor, covering objects and filling tracks.
[
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] Sand stuck to a window.
Table of Contents
1 • The Valley of Dunes
2 • The Belt of the Gods
3 • The Map
4 • The Dig
5 • The Dive
6 • Danvar
7 • A Burial
8 • What Pirates Do
9 • The Brief Hiss of Life
10 • Sissyfoot
11 • A Date?
12 • Father’s Boots
13 • Son of a Whore
14 • Sandtrap
15 • Sins of a Father
16 • The Long Hike
17 • The Bull and the Boy
18 • No Man’s Land
19 • The Prodigal Daughter
20 • A Scrounger’s Trade
21 • Buried Alive
22 • A Fight with Madness
23 • Missing Treasure
24 • A Mad Dash
25 • The Risk of Believing
26 • A Long Way Up
27 • Mother
28 • No Room for Breathing
29 • A Soul’s Weight
30 • Into the Starry Night
31 • A Bounty
32 • Run
33 • Not Happening
34 • That Final Embrace
35 • Oasis
36 • A Note from Father
37 • The Sand-Filled Screams of the Dying
38 • No Place for a Girl
39 • A Rose on the Pillow
40 • Ticking Bombs
41 • A Smuggled Tale
42 • The Letter
43 • The Great Wall
44 • Held Down, Violently
45 • A Quiet Dawn
46 • A Buried People
47 • Not Enough Buckets
48 • A Fortunate Few
49 • Half-Sisters
50 • The Backs of Gods
51 • Waterpump Ridge
52 • A Pillar of Smoke
53 • Father’s Last Rites
54 • Low-Pub
55 • A Deep Discomfort
56 • A Place to Rest
57 • Swinging the Gaze of God
58 • A Rap Upon Heaven’s Gate