Note: Also known as the "Lee and Taro" series, to its author. On a world where the weather can kill you, certain folks have evolved with the ability to take care of this. Sources can stop bad weather (at the cost of their own lives), Shields can stop the Source from dropping dead. At first sight, Sources and Shields will form a spontaneous and permanent Psychic Link (of sorts) and Synchronization, bonding them together for life on a professional level. Books in the series are: Examples of: