The two inform Teray of the recent Clayark raid, and tell him of their plans to visit Coransee on their way to Joachim's house. As the couple is leaving, they encounter two Patternists Joachim, a Housemaster whom Teray is apprenticed to, and Jer, an outsider. Many years later, Teray leaves the Redhill School with his wife, Iray.
They shoot and kill Jansee and greatly injure Rayal, who then has to use his powers to save his own life instead of killing the Clayarks. The peaceful year ends as the Clayarks attack the Patternists. Aside from Jansee, Rayal killed all of his siblings to become Patternmaster, and to lead the telepathic race through the powerful connections between the Patternists, known as the Pattern. Rayal disagrees, leading the couple to argue. To check on them, she thinks of sending a 'mute', a human without paranormal powers. Patternists can connect with their children telepathically, and Jansee is concerned about her sons. Rayal and Jansee have two sons, Teray, the youngest, who is away at Redhill School, and Coransee. For a year, there have been no major attacks from the "Clayarks" mutated humans the Patternists have been in constant battle against. The novel begins with the Patternmaster, Rayal, in bed with Jansee, his lead wife and sister. Teray fights for position within Patternist society and eventually for the role of Patternmaster. Patternmaster tells the coming-of-age story of Teray, a young Patternist who learns he is a son of the Patternmaster. They are ruled by the most powerful telepath, known as the Patternmaster. The Patternists, bred for intelligence and psychic abilities, are networked telepaths. Patternmaster, the first book to be published but the last in the series' internal chronology, depicts a distant future where the human race has been sharply divided into the dominant Patternists, their enemies the "diseased" and animalistic Clayarks, and the enslaved human mutes. Patternmaster (1976) is a science fiction novel by American author Octavia E.
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