Overload Flux: A Scifi Space Opera with Adventure and Romance

Carol Van Natta

Oct 2014 · Central Galactic Concordance Book 2 · Chavanch Press, LLC

About this ebook

When the cure for a deadly disease is stolen, two misfits are all that stands between greed and intergalactic tragedy.

Luka Foxe can’t let anyone know about his secret mental abilities. Debilitated by their influence when faced with violence, the brilliant forensic investigator now only takes assignments involving theft. But when he has to hunt down a hijacked vaccine for a galaxy-wide pandemic, the tragic first clue is his best friend’s brutal murder.

Nightshift guard Mairwen Morganthur knows she must keep a low profile. The product of illegal genetic alteration, she’s a lethal weapon with no social graces. But when she’s tasked to protect a detective with frightening intuition, she finds herself falling for him even though he could expose her.

Racing to recover the critical cargo, Luka is surprised by his developing feelings for the capable-but-mysterious guard. And Mairwen may have to risk everything by revealing her identity, with deadly mercenaries hot on their tail.

Can the unlikely pair survive an interplanetary conspiracy long enough to save lives and find love?

Overload Flux is the first novel in the sweeping Central Galactic Concordance space opera series. If you like haunted characters, compelling mysteries, and interstellar romance, then you’ll enjoy Carol Van Natta’s epic tale.

Buy Overload Flux to uncover cosmic corruption today!

"Overload Flux is a brilliant, suspenseful tale that will keep readers captivated from beginning to end." ~ S.E. Smith, New York Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Author of The Alliance series.

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The Central Galactic Concordance series:

*-*-* Last Ship Off Polaris-G (Novella)

*-*-* Overload Flux (Book 1)

*-*-* Minder Rising (Book 2)

*-*-* Zero Flux (Novella)

*-*-* Pico's Crush (Book 3)

*-*-* Pet Trade (Novella)

*-*-* Jumper’s Hope (Book 4)

*-*-* Cats of War (Novella)

*-*-* Spark Transform (Book 5 – coming soon)

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The Central Galactic Concordance series:

• Last Ship Off Polaris-G (Book 1)

• Overload Flux (Book 2)

• Minder Rising (Book 3)

• Zero Flux (Book 3.5)

• Pico's Crush (Book 5)

• Jumper's Hope (Book 6)

Extra stories with romance, pirates, and pets:

• Pet Trade

• Cats of War

• Galactic Search and Rescue

• Escape from Nova Nine

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"This book offers a lot – fighting action, detective work, humans in space, humans with special abilities, a pharmaceutical conspiracy relevant to our own world, and a romance between two unique individuals. Take away the sci-fi, and you have a romantic suspense novel. But, you wouldn’t want to take the sci-fi away, because it’s well done, fun and makes for a good read." — C. E. Kilgore, award-winning author of The Ghost in the Machine and the Corwint science fiction romance series

"Overload Flux is a action-packed , riveting novel. It's got great characters, lots of mystery and intrigue and is definitely well written. I absolutely loved Luka and Mairwen! A must read for sci-fi lovers!" – Ash, Goodreads

"Excellent, well written, exciting, insightful. A gem. ... This is actually a mystery, romance, political commentary, genre spanning tale told by a master wordsmith." — Katy M, Davis, CA

"Carol Van Natta has written a book that includes action, adventure, mystery, betrayal, space travel, danger, violence, a well written, believable love story and such amazing world building I could picture myself along for the ride. Overload Flux is now one of my favorite books." – Jenster, Georgia, USA

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Series keywords: science fiction romance, action & adventure, space opera, romance, fantasy, mystery, corporations, pharma, pharmaceutical, detective, private investigator, paranormal, telepathy, genetic engineering, strong female lead, mental talent, mercenaries, exploration, galactic civilization, technology, suspense, thriller, interstellar travel, space battle, SFR, scifi, sci fi

Ratings and reviews

Mairwen has hidden herself away from her enemies by hiding her extraordinary skills under the boring guise of a nightshift guard and the reader can’t help but get caught up in the story as this young woman is thrust front and center into the middle of a very dangerous investigation with the sexy Luka. Both have secrets that can make or break them emotionally and literally if others were to find out which makes things quite interesting as they look into the two deaths of Luka’s co-workers. Mariwen tries to keep Luka at arm’s length but the chemistry between them slowly simmers into a full boil the closer they have to work together. The characters are strong, compelling and grab the reader’s attention from the very beginning especially as they are quite different from most giving them a very mysterious air in this fast paced and smooth flowing plot full of action, suspense and romance. Spine tingling anticipation builds throughout the story the closer they get to the answers they need and to spice things up even more as the danger escalates from quite a few different players, betrayals and some twists that keeps the reader guessing.

I really enjoyed Overload Flux. This book had the perfect balance between story, sci-fi elements and romance. The story read a bit like a romantic suspense in space at times, with a mystery like set-up with how they’re trying to uncover more about what’s going on after two colleagues of Luka are found dead. The only niggle I had was that it could be a bit hard to remember all the details about what was going on at times. I really liked both main characters with how they had their flaws, strengths and struggles, they felt like realistic characters. I loved seeing them change throughout the book and grow closer. The romance was so well done, I loved these two together and how well they worked and fit together. I liked how the romance plot line nicely wove throughout the story and I loved seeing them grow closer and closer as the book progressed. All in all this was a fantastic start to this series and I am excited to read book 2.

a promising start but followed by pages and pages of descriptions of his body, with brief fragments of the actual story (which actually makes little sense). I gave up after reading one more sentence about his smell...

About the author

Carol Van Natta is a USA TODAY bestselling science fiction and fantasy author. Works include the Central Galactic Concordance space opera series, paranormal romance, and retro science fiction comedy. She shares her Fort Collins, CO home with a sometime mad scientist and various cats. Find her on the web at Author.CarolVanNatta.com or facebook.com/CarolVanNattaAuthor. Sign up for her author newsletter at http://bit.ly/CVN-news.