The Guardians--A Novel

The plotting proceeds with The Guardians and are on track so far to start the dictation draft to start November 1. As I start working on the characters I am learning that this book will likely be the start to a series. The story lines for The Guardians is being organically created from the characters and the theme. While the Guardians will explore loyalty, honor, duty, and exploitation of people, and slavery it’s main focus is on a single ethical question: “What is one man’s life worth?”

It is from that question that will drive the story along its course. Have you ever sat back and asked yourself what your life is worth? Many people do, though the question is often “why am I here?” Have you ever watched someone on the street or in any public location and wondered, “What is their life worth? What would the world be like if they had not come into being?” I realize how strange these questions may sound, and I believe you may have asked such questions of people before and never realized it. Do we not each think about history a little and ask what would the world be like if this historical person—let’s say Hitler, Napoleon, Lincoln, Caesar, Columbus, Di Vinci, Tokugawa Ieyasu, or if Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang )—had not existed, what would the world and the course of human history have been?

The theme of The Guardians does not go so grandiose, but looks at the value of the individual person who may not ever take the great stage in their world and yet effect everything around them. This is the question most people live with: What is the value of any one person’s life to the universe at large?

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