Oceanus - Paperbackby Scott Overton (Author) 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.