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W.J. Davies

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Hello everyone,

My name is Wes Davies and I write under the name WJ Davies.

I currently have three novellas set in the Silo universe available entitled The Runner, The Diver, and The Watcher. These works are inspired by Hugh Howey's bestselling WOOL series and, unbelievably, have sold over 15,000 copies since January '13.

Living in Toronto, I work for a computer software company and write in my spare time, always dreaming up the next story idea while I write my current one. I take a lot of time to edit and was lucky enough to find an amazing group of beta readers who constantly keep me on my toes.

My all original work is a novel called Binary Cycle, the first part of which is available in the kindle store. This is the story that got me into wri ...more

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The Watcher (A Silo Story)

This journey has come to an end.

What began as a writing exercise (The Runner) has turned into a mini-bestseller, moving over 12,000 copies since January. This wouldn’t have been possible without the undying support of Mr. Hugh Howey and his legions of Wool fans.

I stumbled into this by accident–first by discovering WOOL on the Amazon store, then being so moved by the piece I decided to write my own Read more of this blog post »

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	The Runner (The Runner, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,161 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wool Gathering by W.J. Davies (Goodreads Author), Ann Christy (Goodreads Author), Will Swardstrom (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silo Submerged 4.10 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diver (The Runner, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Watcher (The Runner #3) 3.88 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Binary Cycle: Disruption (Binary Cycle, #1) 3.38 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Binary Cycle (Binary Cycle, #1-3) 3.45 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Binary Cycle: Revelations (Binary Cycle, #2) 3.58 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Binary Cycle: Skyward (Binary Cycle, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empathy for Andrew 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“With the intermittent electricity supply they'd had to deal with the last few months, it was no wonder things were going haywire.”
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“The Veil.”
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