Act I of a Three-Part Near-Future Sci-Fi Thriller Acts II and III are available now. A complete Book One edition is also available. The first contact wasn’t from the stars. It came from seven miles down. And someone, or something, is desperate to stop it. In 2004, real-world U.S. Navy pilots encountered a craft that defied known physics off the coast of California. The footage was real and was officially released by the Pentagon in 2017. The world moved on. But Dr. Morgan Hale didn’t. Haunted by patterns no one else can see, Morgan leads a Pacific expedition that uncovers a transmission too precise to be natural… and too urgent to ignore. As Tic Tac–like craft begin moving beneath the sea and global militaries scramble to respond, one signal breaks through the noise. It’s not a warning. It’s a plea. And silence may be humanity’s last mistake. When the Pattern Breaks is the first act in a serialized deep-sea sci-fi thriller by C.J. Hale. It blends real-world events with military suspense, scientific mystery, and eerie plausibility. For fans of The Abyss, Arrival, and The Expanse. New acts released monthly.