An underground network working to sabotage the state.

The regime uses distorted biblical passages to justify oppression and silence dissent.

Atwood released The Testaments in 2019, providing a conclusion to the Gilead era. Literary Context

Won the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987.

Atwood famously stated that she included nothing in the book that had not already happened somewhere in history. This "speculative" approach distinguishes it from pure science fiction, as it serves as a warning based on real-world precedents of totalitarianism.