OCEANUS

The Oceanus Crisis

A deadly blast of unknown energy strikes a jetliner over the Pacific Ocean.

Hostile aliens? Or a new and unthinkably powerful form of Earth life?

An ingenious troubleshooter, a reluctant psychic, a bionic xenobiologist, a brilliant engineer, and a blind psychologist will descend to the depths in a prototype submarine habitat, facing the most inhospitable environment on the planet to attempt a First Contact.

Before the nuclear nations of the world take matters into their own hands.

The critical question is: are they investigators? Ambassadors?

Or just bait.

INDIGENT EARTH

The crimes of the past—the perils of the future.

500 years ago, the world’s wealthiest abandoned a ravaged Earth and left billions to die of plagues and climate disasters. Now the space colonists plan to return.

Killian Morningcloud, a discontented Earth man from the stagnating communities known as Allocations, and Natira Celestia, a video celebrity of the off-world ruling class, are on a collision course. When they discover a secret that powerful people are desperate to hide, they face a brutal test of endurance and shattered dreams.

And their fire-and-water pairing will shape the course of the whole human race.

AUGMENT NATION

This is your brain on silicon.

 The mid-21st Century:

Computerized brain augments are the newest “must-have” consumer product. They make smartphones look like a rock and a chisel.

But there is a dark side.

Governments dream of compliant sheep.

Corporations see a marketing El Dorado.

When consumerism rages unchecked, the human race needs a leader to save us from ourselves.

Damon Leiter has had a brain-computer interface since he was 14. It gives him extraordinary abilities; he may be the next step in human evolution.

But Damon can’t be sure he isn’t playing into the hands of the rich and powerful.

They might even be right:

Maybe the real threat to humanity is Damon himself.

THE DISPOSSESSION OF DYLAN KNOX

Who do we fall in love with? The person we see, or who they are inside?

Dylan Knox is not the man he was. He may be like no man who ever existed.

Brooke’s old flame doesn’t remember her. Worse, he behaves like different people at any given moment.

A victim of a brain injury? Or an imposter—an assassin targeting Brooke’s boss, the secretary-general of the United Nations?

Dylan’s tale of castaways in time and space is utter fantasy.

Unless it’s too crazy not to be true.

Brooke’s obsessive quest for the truth will shatter her every belief, and leave her with an unthinkable choice: trust, or betrayal.

And falling in love is the last thing she needs.

NAÏDA

The glowing structure at the bottom of a lonely northern lake is not of this Earth. But Michael Hart can’t stay away. His encounter will leave him utterly changed, with astonishing new abilities and a destiny he could never have imagined.

From then on, the choices he makes will affect the very future of humanity, and Michael will either become a hero, or the greatest traitor the world has ever known.

Because he is no longer alone, not even in his own body.

There is another.

Naïda.

THE PRIMUS LABYRINTH

In a coercion plot against the U.S. president, a VIP’s bloodstream has been mined with germ-sized bombs. The only hope is a prototype virus-sized submersible, but the man most qualified to pilot it, Curran Hunter, is traumatized by a near-fatal underwater accident. The sub is piloted by virtual reality—there should be no danger—but when VR becomes full telepresence, Hunter’s very sanity is on the brink. The bombs could be detonated at any moment. Mercenaries are mobilizing to kill the team of scientists working with Hunter. And he’s fallen in love with the victim.

But to save her life will require the deepest violation of all.

DEAD AIR

When radio morning man Lee Garrett receives a death threat he shrugs it off as a prank, until harassment turns into outright attempts on his life. Then the deadliest attack yet claims an innocent victim and Garret knows he must force a confrontation with his persecutors.

"A gripping, insightful debut from a veteran radio personality and gifted wordsmith."

— Sean Costello, Author of Here After

Scott Overton has been a radio broadcaster for more than thirty years—twenty-six of them as a morning show host. He knows the world he writes about in the mystery/thriller Dead Air.

"Scott Overton is a storyteller of boundless skill. Dead Air first intrigues readers by drawing them into a side of radio broadcasting most people have never seen, which is interesting enough, but then begins to craftily unravel an intriguing and suspenseful set of circumstances, further drawing readers in and holding them, breathless, to the last page. Overton is a writer to watch."

— Mark Leslie, Author of I, Death and Haunted Hamilton