The Power (Robinson novel)

The Power is a 1956 science fiction novel by American writer Frank M. Robinson.

[1] Its protagonist, a researcher named Tanner, discovers evidence of a person with psychic abilities among his coworkers.

As he tries to uncover the superhuman, his existence is erased and his associates murdered, until he faces a showdown with an apparently invincible opponent.

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the novel as "a harrowing chase that will have you biting your nails.

"[2] Anthony Boucher found that the novel's logical extrapolation was "not so much absurd as just absent.