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Ryan M. Patrick is a United States Air Force and Space Force veteran, aerospace engineer, and author. Originally from the Philadelphia area, he currently lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, four daughters, and dog.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 128 ratings · 50 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Martian Incident: A Science Fiction Thriller (NASA Engineer Book 1) 3.96 avg rating — 78 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Europan Deception: A Science Fiction Thriller (Dark Galaxy Book 1) 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lag Delay: A Technothriller 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Technothrillers

Had a (shockingly good) Twitter interaction earlier this month

Decided to write a bit more about it. And given my background I may be one of the few people who’s able to coherently do so.

In this blog post, I’ll talk about what a technothriller is, and then break them into two camps – the “military” technothrillers written by Tom Clancy and others that the Twitter post referred to, and then the “sci

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