The Power

The iconic bestseller, winner of the Women’s Prize, and soon-to-be TV series

All over the world women are discovering they have the power.
With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain – even death.
Suddenly, every man on the planet finds they’ve lost control.
The Day of the Girls has arrived – but where will it end?

With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of Naomi Alderman’s shocking and visceral novel are utterly transformed, and we look at the world in an entirely new light. What if the power to hurt were in women’s hands?

The iconic bestseller, winner of the Women’s Prize, and soon-to-be-TV series, The Power is a truly extraordinary modern classic.

Author Biography

Naomi Alderman has a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and another one in Classical Studies. Also an MA in Creative Writing and another MA in Classics. She’s an award-winning novelist, broadcaster, TV producer and videogames creator. She has worked in technology startups for more than 20 years, since the time when people in tech still felt utopian about \“making the world a better place\”. Which now makes her feel slightly embarrassed about her naivety. She is the author of the bestselling, multi-award-winning The Power, which was chosen as a book of the year by both Bill Gates and Barack Obama and became a TV series for Amazon Prime. Her other books include The Future, The Liars’ Gospel, The Lessons and Disobedience She is the co-creator of the fitness game and audio adventure Zombies, Run! which has more than ten million players. Naomi writes and presents Human Intelligence, a history of thinking on BBC Radio 4.