Joe Ladzlodt (pronounced Lancelot) measured his life in days according to when he had to help his sister out with her autistic son, Timmy. Joe had also lost the woman he was to marry, Helen, six weeks earlier. Since Helen's death, recurring headaches would appear that would sometimes knock Joe unconscious.

Knowing he needed some time to himself, Joe decided to go on a short vacation. At the same time, his nephew had begun to draw more and more pictures and gave them to his uncle. One was of a map to a place in Michigan called Quiet Lake. Also in the drawings was the name of a man: Benjamin Huntington. For some unknown reason, Joe knew he had to find Huntington.

When Joe got to Quiet Lake and located Huntington's house, he met a beautiful Oriental woman who had a middle name of Guinevere. The woman's first name was MeLing and she was Huntington's daughter. The two fell for each other almost instantly, and MeLing started to let Joe in on her secret. She was involved with a group that helped to free aliens who had been captured on Earth. The group then returned the aliens to their own kind. Unknown to Joe and MeLing when they first met, Joe had previous contact with the alien that MeLing and her group were currently trying to find.

This is a good science fiction story that has many twists and turns and lots of action. While at times it seemed there was an overabundance of "demons" our lovers had to overcome, the story still kept my attention. There was a really good bad guy to hate, and I certainly would like to be like this "Guinivere" and fight alongside her "Lancelot" in battle.

Reviewed By: Kathy Martin
© October 2004