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Reality is a program. And Mason Shaw is about to crash it.

Once a decorated cop, now a washed-up burnout, Mason Shaw wakes up in the back of a van with a gun in his lap, a headache like a hangover from hell, and no idea how he got there. The job is to rob a bank, but the crew is comprised of strangers … all operating like they’ve done this before.

Mason’s not sure who he is — or if anything he’s seeing is even real.

When the mission explodes into chaos, Mason is pulled into HRO-22: a privatized mega-prison run by the Revival Corporation, where inmates are rehabilitated with surveillance, propaganda, and a system of synthetic morality called Chamber Therapy.

Everyone’s chipped. Everyone’s watched. And anyone can snitch for perks … or power.

But something in the system is broken.

As Mason digs deeper, he discovers cryptic patterns, fractured memories, and whispered rumors of Calliope: a digital ghost, a resistance myth, a potential key to unraveling the simulation he suspects is running the entire prison.

Worse, the name Preacher keeps showing up … a man Mason swears he knows, but who shouldn’t exist.

Time is bending. Identities are collapsing. And the truth may be more dangerous than the lies.

Who programmed your reality?

And what happens when the code decides it doesn’t need you anymore?

Welcome to the system. Obey the Pattern. Or become the glitch.

Pattern Black is a mind-warping descent into paranoia, identity, and institutional control — think Inception meets Severance set on Shutter Island, set in a prison where the walls are made of memory.

Perfect for fans of Dark City, Westworld, and Neuromancer.

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Reality is a program. And Mason Shaw is about to crash it.

Mason’s not sure who he is — or if anything he’s seeing is even real.

Everyone’s chipped. Everyone’s watched. And anyone can snitch for perks … or power.

But something in the system is broken.

Worse, the name Preacher keeps showing up … a man Mason swears he knows, but who shouldn’t exist.

Time is bending. Identities are collapsing. And the truth may be more dangerous than the lies.

Who programmed your reality?

And what happens when the code decides it doesn’t need you anymore?

Welcome to the system. Obey the Pattern. Or become the glitch.

Perfect for fans of Dark City, Westworld, and Neuromancer.

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Author. Disruptor. Unicorn Rider

I'm the author of Fat Vampire (which became SyFy's Reginald the Vampire), plus 100+ books across most genres. My books are layered, intelligent, and often funny. I love what I do, never cut corners, and would rather earn 10 true fans than sell 10,000 copies.

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Sean Platt has always been an entrepreneur but knew he'd rather tell stories. When his wife bought him a laptop for his birthday in 2007, he dropped everything to start writing fiction.

Since making the leap, Sean has written hundreds of novels (including the international best-sellers Yesterday's Gone and Invasion), penned dozens of scripts, and founded the IP Incubator Sterling & Stone, where more than thirty storytellers work together to create world-changing IP. Sterling & Stone's stable of writers come to Sean for ideas, mentorship, and “better words.”

Originally from Long Beach, California, Sean now lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and dog, Fisher.

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