Overleaper

by Sam Boush

"OVERLEAPER is highly engaging entertainment."
- Dean Koontz

Starring BAFTA and Emmy-nominated actress Thora Birch!

An American soldier must stop her doppelganger from a parallel dimension who has taken her place, with plans to assassinate the President of the United States.

Special Forces Staff Sergeant Audrey Beach is a determined career soldier, rising through the ranks to the cream of the military crop. She doesn’t have much else in life besides her daughter Lydia, who lives with her ex-husband after a difficult divorce. But Audrey’s training could never prepare her for a top-secret mission in Afghanistan’s Herat Province, where she faces the impossible: her own doppelgänger from another universe locking her up and leaving her to die…and taking Audrey’s place in the process.

The Overleaper is Audrey, but in her timeline, she has suffered far worse pain. Lydia is dead— murdered in a tragic military mishap— and her quest for revenge led her to sacrifice her loyalty to the United States. A dangerous country in her dimension has aided the Overleaper’s vengeful mission, for a price: replace the Audrey Beach in our world and assassinate the President, no matter the personal price. With nothing left to live for, the Overleaper agrees.

To defend the nation and protect her good name, Audrey must escape Afghanistan and traverse the globe, evading US authorities and international spies in order to thwart the Overleaper’s plan.

Audiobook

Published May 1, 2022

About the author

Sam Boush has worked as a wildland firefighter, journalist, digital marketer, and founder/owner of a successful marketing agency. Beyond writing, he enjoys taking advantage of the Pacific Northwest through backpacking, surfing, skiing, and more.

His past work as a journalist won him awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and Oregon Society of Professional Journalists. Currently, he's editor-in-chief at Mystery and Suspense Magazine and contributes to Writer’s Digest as a features writer.

Though he’s lived in France and Spain, his heart belongs to Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his wife, Tehra, two wonderful children, and a messy cat that keeps them from owning anything nice.

Reviews

[Andrew Smith]

A plot to kill the President of the United States of America involving a time shifting doppelgänger - what’s not to like about that!? It’s pretty full on from the start and doesn’t let up until the frantic and explosive finish. It’s the first time I’ve listened to a story via an episodic podcast, and this in itself was a very different experience for me. I was sometimes frustrated that I had to wait another week for the next episode and occasionally irritated that my enjoyment was interrupted by sponsor adverts but, in truth, neither was a party spoiler. The production quality is amazing – the best I’ve experienced – and the voice actors were spot on too, particularly Thora Birch in the lead role(s). If you enjoy action packed science fiction then I’d urge you to give this one a go.

[Mohab Hariry]

Parallel universes , travelling between realms
Conspiracy , action in addition to complex relationships..
All of the above exist in this exciting thriller
Being military related threw me of a little in the beginning but the interesting monologues by the 2 Audreys narrating the story were very well written and by the end I was surprised that the story wasn't about anything I thought about at the beginning but it is actually about what a person will (or won't) do for the love of his child

[RICKY CROMWELL]

Great storyline , great sc-fi action.

[Mikey Stack]

3 stars until the last few chapters... which are INCREDIBLE. Especially that finale... wow. I <3 Realm so much.