Dean Briggs (www.deanbriggs.com) is a teacher, strategist, dreamer and intercessor who has ministered across the nation and in many nations of the earth As a former pastor and church planter, he has served TheCall both in national mobilization and as a trainer for the Spiritual Air Force Academy (SAFA), while also leading a network of prayer called Ekklesia Prayer Communities (GoEPC.org). Dean's other books include Ekklesia Rising, a manifesto for legislative authority in prayer, and the forty-day fasting devotional Consumed; his fiction includes the critically praised, epic young adult fantasy series The Legends of Karac Tor. Together with his amazing wife, Jeanie, they have seven sons and one daughter--their Great Eight. Thanks to Jeanie's influence, Dean is now officially a coffee snob.