Guardian Angel

by John Davis

One November day in the year 2087, everything was normal. The very next, Ancient ships had descended from the sky and just like that, there was no normal. Not anymore. There were only two governments left standing, the United States and Germany. In mere minutes of news coverage, we had answers to some of mankind's greatest mysteries. They left shortly after the rise of the Egyptian armies. Not out of fear, that's for damn sure. To our best estimation, they left so we would breed, expand the population that would eventually be enslaved by them. The smallest Ancient that anyone has ever laid eyes on is roughly eight feet in height. The largest, about the same. They walk like we do, but that's where the similarities end. A pasty gray skin, the pupils of their eyes burning with an amber-colored pigment that helps them deal with the rays of the sun, or so we're told. Transparent skull and bones, which have been linked to their ability to heal quickly. Very quickly. Sometimes not quickly enough though. In other words, they die. I should know, my unit has killed more of the sky-born bastards than any other group of soldiers on Earth. -Alicia Lucard

Genres: Science Fiction

198 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 13, 2012

About the author

John M. Davis is the bestselling author of Gunship, as well as Wicked, and the novelization of the motion picture REDD. Known throughout the writing industry as the Book Commander, John is a former writer for the Legends Football League and owns a minority share of the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders. He currently lives in Virginia with his wife of 18 years and their two spoiled kids. When he isn’t writing, John enjoys reading, studying history, and listening to his favorite band, Evanescence.

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Reviews

[Carole D Hutchison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creepy story

This story was hard to read but you can't make this stuff up with a good experience. This story will make the reader interest and suspense throughout unreal.

[Tammy K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
This one is a difficult one for me to review. I liked the story idea. I enjoyed the progression of the plot, and felt like the characters were enjoyable/relatable. But I felt that the story was too hurried.

There is always a clear goal for the characters.
There are adequate twist to keep the reader entertained and yet there were times that I wanted the author to slow down and focus on character development or on letting a scene play out instead of rushing into the next action scene.
I can't believe I'm saying that as I love combat action packed stories, but I wished that more time had been devoted to character development (on ALL of the characters) to show us more of their thinking-motivations.

I feel many of these issues are due to the fact that this is a short story (109 pages) rather than a full length novel.

This story ends with a cliffhanger. I am hooked into this story line and am interested in reading its sequel.

I recommend this story to readers of the action adventure, science fiction and short story genres.

[Julianne G Cockey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sorry

I quit reading half way in to the book. A good story idea kept me going hoping for better results. However, too much lesbian lust between main characters and juvenile writing style made reading irritating. Sorry. I tried.

[EP · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugggg....

[Petter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting story idea, and i could hardly put the book down. Likeable main characters, though the internal monologue was a bit naive at times.

I will definately read more in this series.

[Daniél Lecoq · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story by John Davis.
Here he created some new, easily likable characters with good chemistry.