The Fifth Season

The Hugo Award winning The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin, follows Essun, a woman searching for her daughter in a world where catastrophic earthquakes regularly end civilizations, and where people called "orogenes" can control geological forces but face brutal oppression for their powers. It's a groundbreaking fantasy that weaves together themes of systemic racism, survival, and the cyclical nature of apocalypse through Jemisin's innovative narrative structure and world-building.