The world looks familiar, but something has shifted. Teenage girls everywhere awaken to a shocking new gift: the ability to generate electrical power strong enough to cause pain—or kill. And once they realize they can pass it on, the balance of power between men and women tilts forever.
From London’s rough neighborhoods to America’s political stage, from a Nigerian heir to a foster child fleeing her past, lives converge as the world reshapes around this force of nature. Nations collapse, governments fracture, and violence surges as those once powerless take control.
Naomi Alderman’s The Power, hailed as “our era’s Handmaid’s Tale” by the Washington Post, is a fierce, provocative, and electrifying bestseller that rewires how we imagine gender, justice, and survival.
