Brave New World Book Club: The Fifth Season

Dystopia is an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice. Usually these imagined states end up ominously reflective of our own society. The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin: Essun's husband has murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, Sanze, the world-spanning empire, collapses as most of its citizens are murdered. And worst of all, across the cast continent known as the Stillness, a rift has been torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries.