The Power
Naomi Alderman
One day, teenage girls across the globe awaken to find they have a new and terrifying power: they can manifest electricity with their bodies, using it to tease, to torture, and to kill.
One day, teenage girls across the globe awaken to find they have a new and terrifying power: they can manifest electricity with their bodies, using it to tease, to torture, and to kill.
This is a subversive and triumphant retelling of the story of Circe, daughter of the sun-god Helios.
“The Luddites understood technology all too well; they didn’t hate it, but rather the way it was used against them.”