The Guardian Projects

October 1982: While Setting Up An Oil Well Location In The Mountains Of West Virginia An Oil Field Worker Aboard A Roaring Bulldozer Unearths A Most Bizarre Find --- A Large Turtle-Shaped Creature From Outer Space. . The Arcane Discovery Touches James Herbert Edwards Causing A Strange Physical Effect On Him Buzzing Him With An Otherworldly Sensation That Closely Resembles The Shock Of An Electric Current--- And Leaving Him With New Special Physical And Mental Abilities. . Edwards Is Suddenly Able To Perform Complicated Calculus While At The Same Time Write The Gettysburg Address With His Left Hand. And He'S Right-Handed. . Several Months Later Edwards Crosses Paths With Extraterrestrial Life Forms Again. Only This Time One Faction Wants Him Dead Another Faction Wants His Help While A Third Faction Anoint Him Star Guardian Of The Alliance...An Interstellar Coalition Of Planets From The Milky Way And Surrounding Galaxies Formed To Maintain Peace And Order In The Known Universe. . Aboard His Personal Alien-Technology Starship Merlin Edwards Rips Through The Cosmos As He Takes On Missions For The Common Good Of The Alliance. These Missions Are Code-Named The Guardian Projects . . The Guardian Projects A Masterful Debut Work By James Herbert Edwards Interweaves Lightning Paced Action Scientific Phenomena And Human Drama In A Page-Turning Science-Fiction Adventure That Seizes The Reader From The Very First Page --- And Never Lets Go Until The Last.