{"product_id":"2940014128704","title":"Guardian Force","description":"Five hundred years in the future, early warning monitors alert Guardian Force to an unknown intruder entering the solar system. Guardian Force intercepts and discovers a mystery--an ungainly sub-light interstellar probe of unknown origin. Chemical analysis detects traces of human blood on the probe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo answer a multitude of questions, Guardian Force initiates a risky long-range reconnaissance. Captain Kellon and his crew track the probe's journey back to its source over eighty light-years of unexplored space. What Guardian Force encounters in that distant star system forever alters mankind's knowledge of the past and its future.  If humanity is to prosper, it must first survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuardian Force is the first volume in an exciting science fiction series combining both military and high adventure themes. The sequels, Earth Guardian and Guardian Probe, are scheduled for a 2012 release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003eIn any good story, telling it well is the critical piece and in sci-fi writing, telling it wells is what defines the masters. Anyone can tell a story, but telling a story that easily flows forward while building tension is either a gift or it has come at the price of working hard. Sometimes, it is both. Guardian Force tells a wonderful, fast moving story of people in a time and place far away, yet the story and its vibrant characters easily connect to that part of us today that sees compassion and caring as an integral part of who we are as human beings.\u003cbr\u003eBrandon Jones\/editor - Affect Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself any more.\" - Albert Einstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle.\" - Mark Twain","brand":"OCEAN QUEST, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070444617968,"sku":"2940014128704","price":6.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014128704_p0.jpg?v=1763945985","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014128704","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}