The Power

Teenage girls across the globe suddenly develop a physical organ called a skein, located near their collarbones, which allows them to discharge lethal electricity from their fingertips. As they learn to awaken this dormant ability in older women, the global hierarchy shifts. The narrative follows Roxy, the daughter of a London mobster; Tunde, a Nigerian journalist documenting the change; Allie, who founds a new religion; and Margot, an American politician. Together, their perspectives track the collapse of male-led governments and the rise of a matriarchal world order defined by physical dominance and systemic violence.

Readers interested in sexual politics and the mechanics of systemic control read this to analyze how physical strength dictates social structures. It appeals to those who study gender theory and historical cycles of oppression. Through this role-reversal, the reader observes the specific ways power corrupts individuals regardless of gender. One walks away with a cynical understanding of how authority is maintained through the threat of force and how quickly victimhood can transition into tyranny when the balance of terror shifts.