Sci-Fi & Speculative
by Naomi Alderman
Teenage girls across the world suddenly develop the ability to generate electric shocks, upending gender dynamics and global power structures. Alderman follows four characters—politician, crime boss, foster child, journalist—as the Power transforms society from patriarchy to matriarchy, revealing that power itself, not gender, corrupts. The speculative premise drives a sharp interrogation of violence, revolution, and the cyclical nature of oppression.
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