Welcome to Alpha Guard

A sci-fi thriller novel, most easily described as Jack Reacher in space.

Hello and welcome,

My name is Samuel George London and I’m a writer from Hampshire in the UK. Usually, I write comic books, but this is my first time writing a novel.

Alpha Guard is a sci-fi thriller, most easily described as Jack Reacher in space. But to give you more of an idea, you can read the synopsis underneath the concept cover:

Even after 300-years of colonization, Mars is still a tough place to live - unless you can afford to live in Dome One. However, when the wealthy need to visit out-of-dome, they hire bodyguards known as ‘bugs’ to protect them. Alpha Guard is the best bug on the Red Planet, and when he's hired to escort a VIP around Mars, his skills are tested to the absolute limit.

So, in a nutshell, if you like books by Lee Child, Andy Weir, Mark Greaney and Blake Crouch you will (probably) enjoy Alpha Guard.

Throughout 2024, I'll be publishing Alpha Guard on a monthly basis, chapter by chapter, right here for FREE. So, if you haven’t already, please be sure to subscribe.

And although I’ll never put a paywall on chapter posts, if you’d like to fuel my caffeine habit or financially support my writing, you’re more than welcome to upgrade to paid via the monthly or yearly subscriptions.

Anyhow, the idea behind making Alpha Guard free is not only because I’m a first time novelist, but to gather as much feedback as I can. So, when it comes time to publishing a fully polished version, it would have been through the wringer already.

Usually, people involved in this type of process behind closed doors are called beta-readers, but because this is all out in the open, you’ll be my alpha-readers.

I’ll be publishing the first chapter this coming Sunday 21st January, but in the meantime, if you'd like to follow me on social media, you can on Instagram, TikTok and X (Formerly Twitter).

Ciao for now,

SGL

P.S. I will also be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com