Powers

"Sometime in the middle of the night I woke up," writes Mike Brakken in Powers. "I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move. I couldn't even move my eyes. It felt like a weight of unimaginable strength was pressing down on me and paralyzing me. I was sure I was going to die. "Even more terrifying, I felt a presence. I couldn't see anything, but I could feel palpable evil around me. I was overwhelmed and terrified, and it felt like there was nothing I could do. I don't even remember if I prayed." For so