Author · Fort St. John, B.C., Canada

Patrick
D. Ferris

Multi-genre fiction author — writing gritty thrillers, nautical adventure, time-travel mystery, and heartfelt cycling romance from the Peace Country of British Columbia.

Terry Reid CycleGray Sides at DawnTime SleuthsGypsies Series

About the Author

Stories from the
Peace Country

Born in Winnipeg, raised in Victoria, and rooted in Fort St. John, B.C. since 1975.

He has produced four distinct series — the gritty, dystopian Terry Reid Cycle; the WW2 naval adventure series Gray Sides at Dawn; the time-travel mystery Time Sleuths; and the warm cycling romance of the Gypsies books — as well as short stories published in compilations and a standalone novel.

A lifelong cyclist who has raced on- and off-road for decades, Ferris brings authentic detail and hard-won experience to every page he writes.

16+

Books published

4

Series

New ReleaseGray Sides at Dawn Series

Harry’s Gold

HMS Defy — Book 2

Navy Captain Harry Holden and his loyal “Holden’s Privateers” have just been assigned a secret mission that could decide the outcome of WW2 — cross the most Axis-patrolled and dangerous sea in the world to recover millions in hidden gold bars before the Germans get their hands on them.

Dystopian Action-Thriller

The Terry Reid Cycle

White-knuckled suspense. International intrigue. A cop who won't quit.

His Disciples Watch
His Disciples Sleep
His Disciples Deceive
His Disciples Replicate
His Disciples In Motion
His Disciples of Doom

Set in a grim near-future America where a maverick president rides a rising tide of revisionism toward world domination, the Terry Reid novels follow Theresa Reid — tough-as-nails Canadian Mountie — and her sharp-witted niece Jessica as they unravel conspiracies, thwart rogue technology, and outmanoeuvre enemies on every continent. Six pulse-pounding books of gritty action and moral complexity.

1

His Disciples Watch

Terry Reid arrives in future America facing a series of deadly murders and a Revisionist State tightening its grip. She trusts no one, enlisting the help of a poet, a drifter, and a height-challenged accordion player. Who is really pulling the strings?

2

His Disciples Sleep

Terry Reid returns after the presidential assassination. Jess fights for her life as deadly 'Verbeelding' dream-glasses become untraceable instruments of murder. Post-Revisionist America's bad actors won't go quietly.

3

His Disciples Deceive

Terry wakes on a disabled plane over Afghanistan, drafted into a doomed mission to find a kidnapped American president. A booze-soaked actor stands in for him back home — one slip from triggering a world war.

4

His Disciples Replicate

Billionaire Sandros Hammar's space-travel venture explodes — literally. Now the Disciples demand he reactivate two rogue A-bombs. Terry, on post-Brexit England, discovers her reputation has followed her across the ocean.

5

His Disciples In Motion

Jess infiltrates an Alaskan commune hunting for her father. When the community's secretive 'Angel Protectors' bury a murder, Terry drops in. The idyllic wilderness has a dark, regimented heart — and giving up is not in Terry's DNA.

6

His Disciples of Doom

The explosive finale of the Disciples saga. Major Terry Reid closes in on the last stronghold, chasing a small but terrifying bomb while a tech-titan 'frenemy' begs for protection at his lavish 'Techno-Scientist Ball' — the perfect stage for the Disciples to strike again.

Mystery · Time-Travel

Time Sleuths

Victorian detectives. Modern crimes. No way home.

Time Sleuths

A mysterious time portal hurls three Victorian investigators — Edward, Smitty, and Mae — into present-day London. Stranded with no passage back, they set up 'Proper Investigations' and begin accepting the city's most baffling cases. Ferris weaves together Victorian charm, sharp humour, and modern crime-solving in a series that delights readers of all ages.

Fragmented Thoughts Random Directions
Short Fiction

Fragmented Thoughts, Random Directions

Fifteen off-beat, genre-spanning short stories — intriguing, funny, cautionary, and always thought-provoking. A window into the restless imagination behind all four series.

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