(Minor discrepancies between Bruce Miller’s series and The Testaments can be found throughout the novel- but none seem major enough to prevent the series from following the book’s lead, in terms of its main plot points, likely because Miller and Atwood stayed in communication while she was writing her sequel. She also knows a truth that isn’t revealed in the book until much later: Agnes, who in the book is being raised by a higher-up named Commander Kyle instead of Mackenzie, is actually Hannah. Only one person in Gilead knows Daisy’s true identity: Aunt Lydia.

But before we discuss these in depth, one more warning: If you have not read The Testaments and wish to remain unspoiled, stop reading now. In fact, The Testaments could carry several implications for future seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale.

But the follow-up book does ultimately bring June into its proceedings and provides what might be the most natural conclusion to the original handmaid’s story. Instead, the book focuses on narration from three separate characters: Aunt Lydia, played on The Handmaid’s Tale by the Emmy-winning Ann Dowd a Canadian teenager named Daisy and a Gilead-born young woman named Agnes Jemima. The Testaments, which was released Tuesday, moves away from Handmaid’s heroine June-played onscreen by Elisabeth Moss. Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale debuted in early 2017 the streaming service also plans to adapt Atwood’s new sequel novel, The Testaments, into a separate series. The Handmaid’s Tale began life as a critically acclaimed novel-but soon, the perpetually topical 1985 book will be the fulcrum for a nascent TV universe. This post contains spoilers for The Testaments.

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