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The Reckoning

Event chronology where a grand societal, moral, or environmental debt is violently settled, forcing systemic survivor guilt.

The thrill of facing the consequences of past actions, the crushing weight of survivor guilt, and the desperate hope for redemption after a world-altering debt is paid.

Books

A Feast for CrowsGeorge R. R. Martin
Words of RadianceBrandon Sanderson
OathbringerBrandon Sanderson
The Hero of AgesBrandon Sanderson
The Shadow RisingRobert Jordan
Kingdom of AshSarah J. Maas
The Fifth SeasonN. K. Jemisin
SteelheartBrandon Sanderson
The Gathering StormBrandon Sanderson
The Shadow of the GodsJohn Gwynne
Look to WindwardIain M. Banks
The Water KnifePaolo Bacigalupi
Memories of IceSteven Erikson
City of Heavenly FireCassandra Clare
The Stone SkyN. K. Jemisin
House of ChainsSteven Erikson
Woken FuriesRichard K. Morgan
The Poison BeltArthur Conan Doyle
The Crippled GodSteven Erikson
Termination ShockNeal Stephenson
Shards of a Broken CrownRaymond E. Feist
The Kingdom of GodsN. K. Jemisin
VengefulV. E. Schwab
Chosen onesVeronica Roth
Anvil of StarsGreg Bear
Hummingbird SalamanderJeff VanderMeer
Man in the DarkPaul Auster
GodkillerHannah Kaner
Deus IraePhilip K. Dick
Sky Full of ElephantsCebo Campbell
Riot BabyTochi Onyebuchi
The Game-Players of TitanPhilip K. Dick
PortentJames Herbert
QuanticoGreg Bear
The Wheel of OsheimMark Lawrence
This is the Way the World EndsJames Morrow
OblivionAnthony Horowitz
The Light of All That FallsJames Islington
Halo: Mortal DictataKaren Traviss
Brightness Falls From the AirJames Tiptree, Jr.
The DelugeStephen Markley
GreenwoodMichael Christie
To Reign in HellSteven Brust
City of MiraclesRobert Jackson Bennett
OrcaSteven Brust
White QueenGwyneth Jones
The Silvered SerpentsRoshani Chokshi
StonewielderIan C. Esslemont
MoonfallJack McDevitt
Shame of ManPiers Anthony
Jokers WildGeorge R. R. Martin
The Scribbly ManTerry Goodkind
One Day All This Will Be YoursAdrian Tchaikovsky
The Scarab PathAdrian Tchaikovsky
Fifty Degrees BelowKim Stanley Robinson
Trouble the SaintsAlaya Dawn Johnson
The Sword of the LadyS. M. Stirling
Storm of LocustsRebecca Roanhorse
Fires of EdenDan Simmons
The King of PlaguesJonathan Maberry

Related

The BreachGreat CalamityThe SunderingThe ForgettingThe AwakeningThe ConvergenceAscension EraLong NightThe First WarThe Exodus