Scott Overton: 9 books

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. Tartarus Rising: The most critical business centres of the world...

It’s a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for. Long-time radio “morning man” Lee Garrett is bottoming out. The career he loved has turned sour, leaving behind a dwindling audience and the wreckage of his marriage....

Three thrilling short stories of adventure among the stars: A solo pilot in deep space risks losing his sanity when his ship is invaded by disembodied thoughts. A marathon runner on a dangerous desert planet discovers that it may not be inhabited after all. The crew of a survey ship encounters a powerful being with an injury that will test their every belief.

If you like to take an occasional ride on the dark side of science fiction consider these: The ability to walk through walls is not a gift, but a curse. A future when a criminal on probation doesn’t even dare think of committing a crime. A replacement body could be a godsend...

Three tricky tangles with technology: When a worker at a bio-weapons lab becomes distracted by her relationship problems the fate of the human race hangs in the balance. A small island nation claims to have true democracy with every citizen voting on all major issues. But when a reporter...

Three thrilling tales that transcend time: A commuter train carries its passengers beyond the constraints of normal space as they strive to correct the errors of past centuries. Blueberries provide a mysterious link between past and present for a young girl and an embittered old woman. Monitoring...

Victim?Neen Ford is a loner, drifting from town to town, working as a security guard and teaching martial arts. One hot night in Dallas, she witnesses the brutal murder of a Ukrainian prostitute and becomes the killer’s next target. Neen’s never backed down from a fight, but she’s never...

Two politicians. One secret.A conservative congresswoman and a black activist share a secret, one so explosive it will end a career. Representative Paula Boyer hires Neen Ford to deal with an extortionist. It’s a simple matter of negotiating a payment of five million dollars in exchange for...

Once merely a footnote in Restoration and eighteenth-century studies and rarely taught, Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave (1688), by Aphra Behn, is now essential reading for scholars and a classroom favorite. It appears in general surveys and in courses on early modern British writers, postcolonial literature,...