For episode 171, we welcomed J.T. Patten to the show. J.T. is an Amazon #1 best seller across over eight categories in Horror, Thriller, and Suspense, his dark fiction novels and novellas have received MUST READ praise and five-star ratings from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, BookList, Reedsy, and more. 

He has a degree in Foreign Language, a Masters in Strategic Intelligence, graduate studies in Counter Terrorism from the University of St. Andrews. worked for the government intelligence and military special operations community. He was a subject matter authority on Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Qods Force, Irregular and Unconventional Warfare strategies in counterterrorism, intelligence collection, and social network disruption.

He currently works for a Fortune 500 cybersecurity consulting practice leader and is venturing into more dark story works, including his latest work, "Howl of the Hunted". 

In our discussion, we covered his career in counterterrorism, cyber security and how we are always under attack, his love of writing, transitioning from writing military thrillers to horror books, what exactly is dark fiction, song writing, and so much more!

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