Gathering Clouds is a contemporary African novel set in Western and Eastern part of Nigeria. It is a book that highlights the intricacies of some African homes, domestic violence, abuse, ethnic complexities, sense of self and identity, compromise, sacrifice, rudiments of friendship, ardent hypocrisies, patriarchy, murder and so much more. The book is a bold narration of the plight of Isioma an African woman nestled in the web of societal standard, expectation and marital crisis. Is the death of an abusive spouse the sole remedy for spouses in abusive marriage? It is when the calm clouds gather that thunder is made.