Guardians of the Solar Shield

Guardians of the Solar Shield is a story of intrigue, corruption, romance, and murder in the coming decade. UN Solar Shield Project Corps (SSPC) Recruit Kelly O'Rourke and Officer Jay Bhattachar, Commander Fauré's Aide, struggle to defeat insiders skirting the rules and outsiders abusing the Project's capabilities. Kelly discovers unexplained realignments of a handful of the SSPC's 480 Earth-shadowing mirrors. Their purpose is to mitigate some types of climate disruption by reflecting 2% of the Sun's radiation into space. Kelly asks Jay for advice about her discovery and soon falls for him. Jay finds her irresistible. The Corps code bars fraternization. Two years earlier, Fauré had diverted one mirror's shadow immediately at a Board Member's urging, without following formal procedures. Now Fauré hopes to silence Kelly as he struggles to unravel his hasty action. Meanwhile, two Manhattan con men trick a Wuhan computer firm into hacking MSTY, the SSPC's master computer. Their ability to move individual mirrors enables a profitable extortion scheme. When Fauré discovers the hack, he realizes the entire SSPC is at risk. He sends Jay, Kelly, and senior UN Security Officer Cheng to track down the schemers, who plot to hide themselves and their crimes. Pursuit of the con men in Wuhan, Manhattan, and Moscow triggers narrow escapes and life-threatening confrontations.