In 1993, the Federal Government mandated that wind shear detection and warning systems be installed on all aircraft by January 1, 1994. Yet a record seven hundred and ninety three people died in wind shear related airplane crashes in 1994. The FAA tried to explain away the wrecks by blaming faulty aircraft components. For example, a thirty-seven cent screw in a rudder actuator was blamed for the crash of a Boeing 737 near Pittsburgh on September 8th, 1994. As recounted in The Pattern, a handful of computer geeks knew the explanations were wrong, and that a video game that relied on polymorphic code was to blame. Exactly seven hundred and ninety three people also died in thirty one separate crashes north of the 49th parallel between January 20, 2008 and September 28, 2008. The notable list of victims of this cluster of crashes is remarkable. Among those who perished were Alaska Senator Ted Stephens, a former director of NASA, the CEO of a large defense contractor, the President of Poland, the director of Poland's national bank, and the MVP of the premiere Russian hockey league. The list of near victims, who are classified as people who travelled on planes that crashed within two days of having been flown by the near victims is even more remarkable, including Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, David Johnston, the Governor General of Canada, Andre Medvedev, President of Russia, and Bill Oefelein, former space shuttle pilot. Most of the wrecks were explained to the public by bad weather, pilot error, or faulty maintenance. Once again, a surviving subset of that same handful of west coast computer geeks know that these explanations are dead wrong.

The FAA mandated that all airplanes have wind shear detection and warning systems installed by January 1, 1994. An unprecedented number of Americans died in airplane crashes in 1994. Did one programming error kill hundreds of people in airplane crashes? A handful of west coast computer geeks know the answer. After reading The Pattern, you will too. Follow auto-pilot programmer Craig Walsh and his beautiful engineer girlfriend Stacey "Jack" Horner as they unwittingly create, and then confront, a malicious computer virus that seems destined to destroy air travel as we know it...

Wounded warriors Jesse and James return directly to Ohio from a firefight in Afghanistan. They have brought four of their fallen comrades with them. Jesse will lose her arm, and James will lose his leg, but neither will lose their honor. Neither Jesse nor James could predict the sequence of events that returning directly from the battlefield with their fallen heroes would create. From persecution and prosecution from Washington, to assassination attempts from the military/industrial complex, Jesse and James are pushed beyond the limits of what anyone can take. While James and others are ready to descend to vigiliantiism once they learn the terrible secret that lead to their platoon being ambushed, Jesse refuses, at least at first. Ultimately, Jesse must decide whether she can solve the corruption and mismanagement from inside the system, or from outside the law.

Wall Street or the CIA? This is the choice for brilliant computer scientist Jay Calloway. But is there really a choice? Beautiful and mysterious Tonia Taggert first captivates and then confuses the young programmer while MacKenzie Lazarus CEO Angus MacKenzie throws both gold and lead in his path. Only the help of long time friend Rick Hewlett can help Jay extricate himself from the tangled web that is weaved all around Jay. If you liked The Firm and if you liked Wall Street, then you'll love this fast-paced techno-thriller romance. The Trade is the latest release of long-time author JT Kalnay who is now publishing under his own name. Follow along with Jay and Tonia as they struggle to find love in a fairy tale gone very wrong.