Patterns of Chaos Series by Charles Ingrid

Gifted with the power to navigate the Patterns of Chaos, Palaton is an elite member of the Choyan race--a tezar--and one of the select few who can pilot a starship at faster than light speeds (FTL). Those eager to break the tezars' monopoly on FTL transports plan to take advantage of the fact that Cho is on the verge of civil war. But Palaton's problem at hand is far more personal--his own tezar powers might be burning out.

From the acclaimed author of The Sand Wars comes the tale of the alien pilot Palaton, who possesses the rare ability to navigate tha Patterns of Chaos, and Ran--the young Earth human with whom Palaton has linked minds--who must struggle together to avert civil war on Palaton's home planet, if they are to stand a chance of surviving the chaos to come. Sequel to Radius of Doubt.

The newest volume in the series by the author of the Sand Wars series offers another hard-hitting SF novel in the vein of C.J. Cherryh's Chanur novels. After the alien pilot Palaton and the Earth human Rand are telepathically linked, Rand falls prey to his enemies. Even as he tries to help Palaton's people, he risks their destruction.

"Fast-paced action, a credible story line, and a likable cast of characters...intriguing." (Science Fiction Chronicle)

A galaxy-spanning epic filled with intrigue, adventure-and an array of alien life-forms-Patterns of Chaos follows 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!