ABOUT SCOTT
As the host of a radio morning show for most of his 30 years in broadcasting, Scott Overton has turned his skills to writing compelling near-future visions full of human potential and a sense of wonder.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
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.
In the mid-21st Century computerized brain augments are the hot new must-have tech product.
Human brains with direct access to the internet. What could go wrong?
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 when marketing approaches mind control, and consumerism runs rampant, the human race needs a leader to save us from ourselves.
“Scott Overton is a terrific writer and his vision of tomorrow is both realistic and frightening. Read this book!”—
Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author
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 choice will bring him astonishing abilities and a destiny he could never have imagined.
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.
“…merges the best aspects of first contact, coming-of-age, and superhero fiction into a tightly-plotted ecological-adventure novel. Full of believable characters, seamless dialogue, and, above all, heart, Naïda is a thrill ride from start to finish.”—
Matthew Del Papa, author of Jerry Lewis Told Me I Was Going to Die
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 and a traumatized man who’s the only one capable of piloting it.
Ride the currents of the inner ocean in a race against time in The Primus Labyrinth!
“Mind-bending! Fans of Michael Crichton will rejoice, because Mr. Overton has filled the void.”—
Dave Wickenden, author of Deadly Harvest
“…an enthusiastic four stars for its political intrigue, discussion of moral dilemmas, exciting action scenes, and fully fleshed characters... Fans of Dan Brown's more science fiction-heavy works will love this book.”—
Reedsy Discovery review
BEYOND
Ride a bright flame of imagination across time and space with fifteen mind-stretching stories beyond time, beyond technology, and even beyond the stars.
A man who can walk through walls.
Agents who repair the mistakes of the past.
An invasion from beneath our feet.
A man who learns his replacement body was previously owned and died mysteriously.
A disastrous experiment to harness the awesome power of a hurricane.
Don’t be afraid to go BEYOND.
BEYOND is a print collection of SFF short stories that are also available in five small ebook anthologies that can be found at my online Bookstore.
“I'm honestly not sure I can praise it enough. It's completely brilliant.”—
Tree Slices review
A FREE EBOOK FOR YOU
DISASTROUS!
Let’s admit it, there’s a guilty pleasure in imagining how civilization could end!
An invasion from beneath our feet. A hammer blow from the sky. A genetic crop modification that could bring about humanity’s extinction.
“The art of the short story is elusive to the vast majority of authors but Overton has nailed them here, spot on and intriguing.”
Get a taste for my fiction with this FREE three-story e-collection of nail-biting disaster short stories.
DEAD AIR
It’s a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for.
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
