The Last Guardian: First Published 1989.

Synopsis: Jon Shannow, the “Jerusalem Man,” continues his wandering through a devastated, post-apocalyptic world shaped by the ruins of an earlier civilisation. Still driven by his obsession with finding the lost city of Jerusalem, he is increasingly pulled into conflicts that are larger than his personal quest. Shannow becomes involved in a struggle between competing factions in a world where fragments of old technology, religious belief, and myth have blurred together. Powerful groups are trying to control or interpret remnants of the past, and these interpretations are shaping brutal new conflicts across the wasteland. As Shannow moves through this unstable landscape, he is forced repeatedly into violence, not just as a survivor but as a figure others begin to see as meaningful — a possible saviour, a weapon, or a curse depending on who is judging him. At the same time, his own certainty about his divine mission is tested, as he encounters evidence that the world’s “miracles” may have more rational (but no less frightening) origins than he believed. The story builds toward a confrontation in which Shannow must act not only as a gunfighter, but as a “guardian” of what little order and humanity remains in a collapsing world. The line between legend and man continues to blur, pushing him closer to understanding what his journey toward Jerusalem truly means.

Some of the many covers for The Last Guardian over the years.