Influenced by Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers and the Mobile Suit: Gundam franchise, The Guardians of Sol offers an action filled look at a soldier's life near the end of the 23rd century. This revised second edition corrects several issues from the first, and contains extra content via appendix. Rhys Castle, a captain of the Guardian Corps is not a complicated man. He is a good soldier and has never wanted, or even needed, much. All he needs to be happy is a good fight, some good food, and for his soldiers to stay intact and alive. However, the political machinations of empires striving for supremacy complicate Rhys' life significantly as he tries to balance love, life, and his duties. Promoted to the elite Specials battalion, his squad is sent to the far reaches of Earth and the solar system to face threats to the Confederacy. As the Guardians manage to put down one menace to the safety and freedom of their charges, a sinister force from outside the solar system is moving its own pieces from the shadows. Discovering ties to the Guardians' own past, Rhys and his comrades have no choice but to put their lives on the line to defend The Confederacy of Sol. In the chaos of war no one makes it out unscathed.