Prime Video's "The Power" Trailer Paints a Dystopia Where Teen Girls Can Electrocute Anyone

Alderman's "The Power" begins with teen girls around the world discovering they can electrocute others at will. Their ability to do that is compared to a similar mechanism in electric eels. However, the novel isn't about women using their power for the ultimate good. Instead, it chronicles women as they take political power and end up becoming the violent oppressors they once rebelled against.

The novel is told from a few different perspectives: Tunde, the only man main character; Roxy, a girl highly influenced by her childhood trauma; Allie, who hears voices in her head; and Margot, the politician.