In particular, the manner in which Alderman reimagined women as the “dominant sex”-without stooping to the oversimplification and myopia of the girlboss era-spoke to an enflamed imagination felt across the country (and the globe) after Brexit in Alderman’s native U.K. The book, first published in 2016, was eventually named one of the “10 Best Books of 2017” by The New York Times for its speculative prowess. For others, it’s leverage-a means with which to reshape long-standing hierarchies and elevate their sex (and, depending on their motives, themselves). For some, this inexplicable power is a torment. In the Amazon Prime Video series The Power, adapted from Naomi Alderman’s novel of the same name, the status of women in society is forever shifted when electricity begins to bloom beneath their fingertips. 'Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.' It's a classic, in the way that it's hard to imagine it ever wasn't there.Naomi Alderman Talks 'The Power' and 'The Future' Katie Yu/Prime Video 'Electrifying! Shocking! Will knock your socks off! Then you'll think twice, about everything.' - Margaret Atwood 'An instant classic of speculative fiction. 'Narratively complex, philosophically searching, and gorgeously rendered.' - Elle 'Alderman's tilted dystopia is a smartly layered place of slippery slopes and moral ambiguities, a fitting folktale for strange times.' - Entertainment Weekly

She also has a pitch-dark sense of humor that she wields perfectly.' - NPR

'Alderman's writing is beautiful, and her intelligence seems almost limitless. 'Richly imagined, ambitious, and propulsively written.' -The Atlantic 'Fierce and unsettling.Through immersive prose and a riveting plot, Alderman explores how power corrupts everyone: those who gain it, and those resisting its loss.' - New York Times Book Review 'Alderman has written our era's Handmaid's Tale, and, like Margaret Atwood's classic, The Power is one of those essential feminist works that terrifies and illuminates, enrages and encourages.This book sparks with such electric satire that you should read it wearing insulated gloves.' - Washington Post

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