Mother's kindness is like a mountain. Intimate, tense, and psychologically complex, The Patron explores the dark side of dependency and ambition, asking how much we will sacrifice for others to obtain comfort, protection, and success.
“Beautifully written, deeply unsettling, and unforgettable. The Patron is a modern gothic that crawls under your skin and stays there.”
“The writing feels cinematic—every hallway, every whispered threat vivid in my mind.”
“The author created a very oppressive atmosphere in Lillian’s mansion… a wonderfully eerie, stifling mood that still lingers with me.”
“This one will keep you turning pages and give you nightmares!”
“Immersive and unsettling in all the right ways.”
“Slow-burn psychological horror wrapped in silk sheets.”
Every politician has a plan… until the demon comes.
In a fractured near future shaped by climate collapse and rising geopolitical tension, the line between myth and reality disappears. A disgraced secret service counter assault agent, Dee Johnson, once relegated to the shadows after a failed operation in Tokyo, gets one last chance to track the source of a series of impossible political assassinations.
A legend lurking deep within the Shenandoah Forest, known only as The Demon, seems at fault. But truth is far more dangerous than folklore. As global leaders fall and alliances fracture, Dee becomes entangled with powerful forces from covert government programs, a climate initiative with hidden motives, and domestic terrorists. Each seeks to control a new weapons platform amplified by the mind and fulfilled by altered creatures.
When Dee’s own latent psychotronic abilities surface, she transforms from target to hunter and then... something far more terrifying. With the United States and China on the brink of nuclear war, and the world desperate for control, a stateless Dee must choose what she becomes. A weapon of mass destruction, a savior, or something new entirely. Because when the beasts rise, peace doesn’t die. It evolves.
Located in Atlanta, Fish Phillips was born and raised as the son of an enlisted Marine. After attending high school in Hawaii, and top universities elsewhere, a genre-defying career path led him to writing. Over decades, he has served as a technology founder, medical researcher, college professor, web developer, screenwriter, filmmaker, program manager, and artist. His academic background in the sciences, art, cultural anthropology, and theology enables him to render rich worlds accessible to broad audiences. As a multi-platform creator, he shares unique, high-concept stories to delight, entertain, and cultivate curiosity.