A Science Fiction Bestseller, The Pattern Ship is the first novel in the successful Pattern Universe Series
After taking a shot to the head while on a dark op in the Middle East, A backstreet surgeon stitched Zeke Callaghan's head back together using a metal plate forged from an ancient lump of meteorite. Zeke survived with his unique trophy and a few years later became an unwilling subject of interest to certain scientific groups, escaping their clutches, his skull plate drew the attention of an alien AI that decided that Callaghan should give it up. As the saying goes - It all went downhill from there.