Any Human Power

Sometimes it takes a revolution to change the world, sometimes it takes a relationship. The visionary new novel from MandaScott, author of the Boudica series.WhenLan lies dying, she makes a promise that binds her long into the Beyond. Adecade later Kaitlin, her teenage granddaughter, posts a message about thesexual exploitation of girls her age that goes viral. For one shining fragmentof time the world is with her. But then the backlash begins: Kaitlyn's digitalprivacy is breached, her friends attacked and soon she and her family arebesieged by the paparazzi, facing the all-powerful wrath of the old establishment. Raisedto question authority, Kaitlyn persuades her now-massive social media followingto help her fight back. She and her brother unleash the rage of a whole, failedgeneration for their youth. Watchingover the growing chaos from the Beyond is Lan, the matriarch who taught hergrandkids to think independently, approach power sceptically and dreamdeeply. She knows that more one generation's hopes are on the line. Shehas to show this new generation that is only with courage and conviction, andan inherited faith in ancient wisdom and the power of the land, that this newuprising will survive and thrive to become the springboard for something muchgreater: a movement to sweep us all through the crisis of our times.