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The Guardians
Series · 16
books · 1985-1991

Books in series

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The Guardians

1985

Freedom's Last Hope: Unknown to most American's, there is a plan for the day after. Before the dust of World War III has settled, Project Guardian moves into action. America's secret weapon is a four-man elite survival team, armed with awesome combat skills, equipped with the most devastating personal weaponry ever devised, trained to hair-trigger tautness, and entrusted with freedom's last hope: the top secret Blueprint for Renewal. First step: get the new President safely out of ravaged Washington, across a thousand miles of chaos, and into the impregnable midwestern fortress known as Heartland. A tall order, even for a bunch of hardcore heroes.
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#2

Trial by Fire

1985

Out of the ashes comes America's fighting best. The Guardians, an elite four-man survival team trained to hair-trigger tautness, have been entrusted with freedom's last hope: the top-secret Blueprint for Renewal. Having safely delivered the President across a thousand mile hell run from ravaged Washington to the impregnable midwestern fortress called Heartland-the Guardians are ready for step two: scour the four corners of a country gone mad and secure the high-tech experts needed to put the Blueprint into operation! But this time, even the Guardians' awesome combat skills and devastating personal weaponry may not be enough...
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#3

Thunder of Hell

1985

Two months after the one-day war, America still in the grip of anarchy. The cities are in ruin and the countryside belongs to the scavengers and cannibals. The job of the Guardians, the crack four-man team armed with space-age weaponry, is to put into action the Blueprint for Renewal, the top-secret contingency plan devised before the holocaust. But the Blueprint has vanished with the President, with only parts of it known to key experts.
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#4

Night of the Phoenix

1985

one book of a series on a Special Team of commandos trying to save the world
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#5

Armageddon Run

1986

In the chaos following America's nuclear devastation, the Guardians, a high-tech four-man team, accept the challenge of finding a safe haven for the President and building a central control base for the nation's reconstruction
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War Zone

1986

The Guardians emerged from the ashes of World War III. Armed to the hilt, they were ready to bring the United States back to its feet. The President was still alive. And now, the time had come for the U.S. government to reestablish power. It's a tough, deadly mission-and nearly impossible. The country is in a state of utter chaos. The post-nuclear rubble is crawling with warring gangs and rebel factions. And the Guardians have to choose their allies carefully-and quickly-while a bloody bid for power erupts on the ravaged battlefields of post-war desolation...
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#7

Brute Force

1987

From the ashes of World War III rose the Guardians. Their mission: put the U.S.A. back on the map as a democracy. Now rumors of a new inexhaustible energy supply have surfaced. Developed by the U.S. before the war, whoever finds the secret base can seize control. But neither the freedom-fighting Guardians nor the vicious assassin's of the FSE's occupying forces know where the base is located. Intelligence sources place the facility in the Louisiana bayous. And soon the swamps are infested with hard-bitten FSE troops, renegade Cuban soldiers, and a merciless band of survivors who take pleasure in creating deadly mayhem for all sides. For the Guardians, it's a brute-force showdown...
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Desolation Road

1987

The Guardians, a group of American freedom fighters in the post-World War III United States, invade California to repel foreign invaders
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#9

Vengeance Day

1987

Have the Guardians turned into traitors? A grisly trail of slaughter points directly at them. Soon they're facing fire not only from the FSE's but from their own government as well! In truth, a savage team of imposters is responsible for the carnage. Cowboy-a twisted FSE merc-walks point for the murderous crew, determined to draw the Guardians into the open. But when the hunted become the hunters, the Guardians and Cowboy's commandos turn a rural wasteland into a blood-soaked battlefield!
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#10

Freedom Fight

1988

Border Blood-Storm! The Lone Star State is under siege. Religious fanatics, controlled by the FSEs, are pouring over the Mexican border. Like legions of ants they destroy everything in their path, leaving behind a legacy of blood, smoke and twisted wreckage. Now only the Guardians stand between the fanatics and a vital installation. And if high-caliber firepower doesn't triumph over religious fervor, Texas doesn't have a prayer!
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#11

Valley of the Gods

1988

South of the Border Rampage! The Guardians are unwelcome guests in a country on the brink of anarchy. Desperate factions fighting for supremacy have turned Mexico into a blood-soaked killing ground. Rising from the south-of-the-border rubble is Sister Light. She's leading her Christian hordes on a savage crusade toward a full-auto Armageddon. She must be stopped-at any cost. No matter how many have to die.
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Plague Years

1988

Race Against Time: What's left of America is about to become history. A madman has control of the ultimate weapon-a virus so powerful it will make the nightmare of the nuclear holocaust look like the senior prom. A few drops could wipe out a city. And the madman called Morrigan has enough to destroy the continent-and will-unless he's named the new ruler. The Guardians have just forty-eight hours to terminate Morrigan before he unleashes the most devastating plague mankind has ever seen...
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Devil's Deal

1989

Hell On Earth: The Guardians emerged from the ashes of World War III. Their mission: to restore post-nuclear America to its former glory. Armed for justice, these guerrilla freedom fighters are civilization's last hope in a savage wasteland. Now-just when the Guardians have rolled back invading forces far enough for Washington to take power once again-the nation faces a new menace...a racist warlord possessed by his own mad visions of apocalypse. The free government will collapse if he's not stopped. Anarchy will sweep the country in a feverish torrent of hatred and blood. But... The Guardians are ready to give this devil's advocate a taste of man-made hell he'll never forget...and never survive.
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Death From Above

1990

Blazing Death From Space: Emerging from the nuclear holocaust of World War III come the Guardians-America's last line of defense against world domination by the Federated States of Europe. They're a handpicked unit of four men trained to handle any threat...almost any threat. No one, not even President MacGregor, expected the attack on the Oribital Station. Now the station's laser weaponry has been activated and the enemy has the ultimate blackmail tool. The Guardians have their most challenging mission yet, tougher than any search-and-destroy. President MacGregor wants his toy back-in one piece. But McKay and the boys will be lucky to get to the station in one piece-because the President's top advisor has sent out a nationwide message: Stop the Guardians at any cost!
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#15

Snake Eyes

1990

Death Race! World War III was a nuclear nightmare that lasted only one day. America was left a shattered nation. Its only hope for survival: the Guardians. A handpicked force of elite troubleshooters, they live for peace...and kill for freedom. Dr. Mallory, top scientist for the tyrannical Federated States of Europe, has crashed-landed somewhere in the heart of the United States. His knowledge of orbital laser systems could tilt the balance of world power-and save America from total domination. The Guardians want him alive. So do the FSE goons. But now Chairman Maximov has unleashed his most lethal weapon: a gang of uniformed cutthroats known as Serpent Squad. Their ultimate mission: Destroy the Guardians!
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#16

Death Charge

1991

When Guardian Tom Rogers agreed to participate in a top-secret energy experiment on a remote Hawaiian island, he didn't expect to use his combat skills. But under an all-out guerrilla assault, the experiment goes awry-and Tom literally vanishes. McKay won't believe one of his boys is dead until he sees the body. But a world-shaking new technology is at stake-the secret to non-atomic conversion of matter to pure energy. With it, America could reestablish proud independence. Without it, she faces certain destruction!

Author

Richard Austin
Richard Austin
Author · 22 books
Richard Austin is a pseudonym of Victor Milán
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