Scott Overton

Curran Hunter almost died at the bottom of the ocean. Now an innocent victim will die unless Hunter can purge her body of deadly devices by piloting the Primus, a prototype submersible the size of a virus. Its control system uses Virtual Reality—its creators assure Hunter there can be no danger....

It's a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for....

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 uninhabited after all. The crew of a survey ship encounters...

The glowing structure at the bottom of a lonely northern lake is not of this Earth. But Michael Hart can’t stay away. When a childlike symbiotic alien being makes its home in Michael’s body, his actions will shape the future of humankind. Tricked by an alien artificial intelligence into...