The Guardian's Dilemma

Cecil G

2121 of Cleo knows there is no going back home after their ship is shot down and they are stranded on Earth. Having been placed in the custody of the US government, they face confinement, Their only companion is a man tasked with the topic of their capture: Neveth Amalthea Musleath from the planet Haddal, who has allied himself with Earth in the hopes of brokering their aid in preventing the cold war between Haddal and Cleo from escalating. 

The devoted and pragmatic Amalthea struggles with the contradiction between his loyalty for his people and the responsibility he hold for the child abruptly put in his care. The lonely and lost 2121 seeks both freedom and camaraderie. The two find themselves at odds with one another. In a society that benefits from their captivity and demands, their compliance, can Amalthea and 2121 reconcile their needs and wants with those of humanity? Can one truly care for another when both people are stuck in a terrible place that benefits from the two keeping eath other there?