The Pattern of Fear is the blistering debut thriller by Drew Chapman.Garrett Reilly has a rare talent. He discerns the patterns in large amounts of information. He understands what's happening before others. He's ahead of the game. This makes Reilly very good at his Wall Street job, but it also makes him immensely valuable to the secretive government agencies charged with keeping America safe. Mourning the death of his brother in a pointless overseas war, Reilly doesn't want anything to do with them. And in any case, his gifts can only help pull the world back from the brink of annihilation if he can stay alive long enough to figure out what's going on .

The Pattern of Fear is the debut thriller from Drew Chapman, the stand-out newcomer for 2014. Fans of Robert Ludlam, Allan Folsom and Robert Harris will be glued to this book. Praise for The Pattern of Fear:'Rollicking, globe-hopping, timely and prescient . this first novel just blows the doors off' C. J. Box'Smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best' Alafair Burke'Fans of 'Homeland' and '24' will love The Pattern of Fear - a rocket of a thriller that's fresh and cool and totally real' Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Paranoia and Buried SecretsDrew Chapman has always been a writer of sorts. Firstly for newspapers and then for feature films, television, and now he has written his debut book, a thriller about a 26-year-old bond trader in New York City who discovers the invisible war going on all around him, and then is recruited to fight that war. Drew lives in Seattle, with his wife and two children.