SKYGUARD1: The Aegis

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SKYGUARD1: THE AEGIS

BOOK ONE OF THE SKYGUARD AEGIS TRILOGY

A NOVEL BY

WILLIAM MICHAEL CAMPBELL

GENRE: Character-Driven Science Fiction

Oh Star (the fairest one on sight),
We grant your loftiness the right
To some obscurity of cloud
It will not do to say of night,
Since dark is what brings out your light.
Some mystery becomes the proud,
But to be wholly taciturn
In your reserve is not allowed.
Say something to us we can learn
By heart and when alone repeat.
Say something! And it says, "I burn."
But say with what degree of heat.
Talk Fahrenheit, talk Centigrade,
Use language we can comprehend.
Tell us what elements you blend.
It gives us strangely little aid,
But does tell something in the end.
And steadfast as Keats' Eremite,
Not even stooping from its sphere,
It asks a little of us here,
It asks of us a little height,
So when at times the mob is swayed
To carry praise or blame too far,
We may choose something like a star
To stay our minds on, and be staid.*

Book One of the Aegis Trilogy, The Aegis, begins with the discovery of a mysterious, transparent sphere of energy, code-named "Aegis," in the middle of a remote meadow. How it got there, what its purpose is, and the technology used in its construction are questions for David Powell and his wife Laura to determine. The Powells are Co-Directors of Skyguard, a covert agency of the U.S. government responsible for continuing the work of Project Blue Book, an organization within the U.S. Air Force which investigated sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, or "UFOs," and other alleged activities by Extraterrestrial Biological Entities (EBEs) between 1948 and 1969.

David, Laura, and their Skyguard site investigation team struggle to unlock the secrets of the Aegis and the mysterious creatures who created it. Along the way they are joined by Mary, an eighteen-year-old girl who suddenly appears out of nowhere. Diagnosed with total amnesia, Mary becomes a conduit through which the mysterious "creators" can communicate with the Powells. Through her, the terrible secret of the Aegis is revealed, and David and Laura realize that Skyguard must save the human race from total extinction.

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