“Not another dry volume of history” was what I promised. I’m sending it to you, with all its fragments and drawings, in the hope that you’ll give me some guidance or at least that I’ll finally hear the echo of it as I drop the pebble of this book down the well. When Samuel heard what the people said, he told it to the Lord.
Give us a King to guide us and lead us into battle. So that we can be like all the other nations. On that day, believe me, you will cry out for relief from this King, the King you asked for, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.īut the people would not listen to Samuel. He’ll take one tenth of your flocks and you yourselves will become his slaves. Your manservants and your maidservants, your best men, your donkeys-yes, he’ll take those for his own use.
A tenth of your grain and your wine-those will go to his favorite aristocrats and faithful servants. He’ll take your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves-oh, he’ll take the very best of those and give them to his cronies. He’ll take your daughters to make perfume for him, or cook his food or do his baking. He’ll dispose them however he wants: he’ll make them commanders of thousands or captains of fifties, he’ll send them to plow, to reap, to forge his weapons and his chariots. The people came to Samuel and said: Place a King over us, to guide us.Īnd Samuel said to them: This is what a King will do if he reigns over you: he’ll take your sons and make them run with his chariots and horses. Alderman's prose is immersive and, well, electric." - New York Times Book Review Read Excerpt "Captivating, fierce, and unsettling…I was riveted by every page. From award-winning author Naomi Alderman, The Power is speculative fiction at its most ambitious and provocative, at once taking us on a thrilling journey to an alternate reality, and exposing our own world in bold and surprising ways. And, with this small twist of nature, the world drastically resets. Teenage girls now have immense physical power: they can cause agonizing pain and even death. In The Power, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature an ambitious American politician a tough London girl from a tricky family.īut then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. In this stunning bestseller praised as "our era's Handmaid's Tale," a fierce new power has emerged-and only women have it ( Washington Post).
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