Guardian Angels begins on a distant star, Tumacari, where conditions for life are always life threatening compared to life on any planet. To properly maintain healthy day and night cycles, elves regulate the amount of light allowed to enter residence facilities. Any structures on Tumacari are cleverly engineered to keep out the star’s intense heat.
So there is a definite artificiality living in a residence like Acadia, the unit housing elf Danielle Kelson. Like all elves, her life is restricted to a vast interior network of buildings. Because of atmospheric conditions, any outside world is fake. The “Outside was really just a stretch of room designed to mimic the familiar planets.”
Sixteen years prior, Danielle's parents dropped her into this elven world bearing a certain magic nuance about her. She is the only female elf to display such unique powers. 
But her magic does not appear as strongly visible as the showy displays of many aggressive male elves. Yet, the shade of her aura often betrays her mood: red when angry, blue when calm, green when in a daring mood or being challenged.
On Tumacari, becoming a CP officer is a position prized by male elves who prove themselves capable of bearing the strain of extremely rigorous training. Not only must they pass punishing physical endurance tests, which at times are equal to bodily torture, but they must also show themselves capable of enduring acute psychological stress along with clever intelligence.
As the only female elf with magical powers, Danielle attempts to become such an officer on Tumacari. Guardian Angels is Dan's story of her attempts to achieve each benchmark level of duress on her way to becoming a true Guardian Angel. Because a female elf has never accomplished such distinction before — the misogynistic attitudes of male elves in her training group do not make life easy for Dan. They interpret her actions as challenges to their masculinity.
During one of her less strenuous tests, Dan is forced to run a maze at top speed much like a laboratory rat. The intensity of her brain waves is studied by her Commander and a Dr. Calvener via a monitor screen in front of them. When she passes the test with ease, she is commanded to run the maze backwards.
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