{"product_id":"controlled-drift-hardcover","title":"Controlled Drift - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonal E. Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE DANGER ISN'T WHAT YOU SEE. IT'S WHAT EVERYONE IGNORES.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDefense Clandestine Service operative Matt Scales has built his career finding the pattern everyone else misses.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Manila, a routine recovery operation puts a mysterious drive in his hands. It activates the moment it changes hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a video surfaces. It shows Matt executing a Russian intelligence officer in Taiwan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLangley wants answers. His own government turns on him. Matt goes underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd around the world, unrelated disruptions begin to surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA communications cable is severed beneath Arctic ice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShips in the Panama Canal drift off course while their instruments read clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobal shipping and commerce begin showing anomalies that are easy to dismiss one at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatt sees what others don't.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe attack was never the objective. The response was.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone has spent years studying how governments, markets, and military planners react to uncertainty. Now that knowledge is a weapon, and its targets never feel the hand steering them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe closer Matt gets to the pattern, the more dangerous he becomes to the people drawing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the docks of Manila to the frozen North Slope to the chokepoints of global trade, \u003cem\u003eControlled Drift\u003c\/em\u003e is a geopolitical espionage thriller about a new kind of warfare, one built not to destroy an enemy but to make the enemy choose exactly what you want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthentic tradecraft, tactical action, and cyber warfare collide in the second Matt Scales thriller.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe most dangerous wars are won long before the first shot is fired.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 378\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67841387987251,"sku":"9798998678257","price":44.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/iY-tIqyojT9798998678257.webp?v=1793400615","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/controlled-drift-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}