The Unraveling

The Unraveling spans seventeen years and six countries to tell the story of how civilization comes apart — not in a single catastrophic moment, but through the patient accumulation of ignored warnings. Following characters across Japan, Kansas, Jordan, Ohio, Nigeria, and Denmark, the novel documents cascading failures in food systems, water access, healthcare, infrastructure, and governance. It is at once a work of climate fiction and a work of political philosophy — testing the thesis that...