

The book focuses on several main characters, none of whom fit into the traditional role of the protagonist. What follows is an account of a matriarchal society, through diary entries, newspapers, and interviews, that was born after the women of the world discovered the ability to produce life-ending electric shocks from their fingertips. It describes The Power as not “quite a novel” but not “quite” history. Written by Neil Adam Armon and directed toward the author. The Power by Naomi Alderman begins with a letter. They become the oppressors, leaders, and war-mongers and inflict acts of violence on less powerful men.

Inspired by a mentorship with Margaret Atwood, Alderman’s The Power is a popular contemporary novel that imagines a world in which women take on the dominant societal role.
