Hope: Brightest Cruel of Life is a collection of poems written by Amogh Jha.It has few poems following characters and an entity known as The Void. It talks about how hope is not always good along with few poems which talk about experiences and ideas of the author and his views on certain things. Some of the poems are connected while some are just about different topics and some contradicting other poems or ideas of the author. It is the first time the author took his writing seriously and wrote this book of poems.