A galaxy-spanning epic filled with intrigue, adventure-and an array of alien life-forms-Patterns of Chaosfollows a race with unique powers which make them the only beings capable of piloting faster than light ships. Caught in the midst of political and economic infighting between a number of sentient species and on the brink of civil war on their home planet, the greatest hope and peril the Choyan people face is a newly met race-humans!