Finding Horses: Maia's Adventure Down The Mountain

by M.R. Mortimer

The year is 2170. The place is Sydney, Australia. Civilization? It's over. The city is mostly abandoned. Gangs and warlords control the lawless streets. Scattered militia groups struggle to maintain some semblance of peace in the region, for the safety of those few who seek to trade between settlements of survivors. Maia finds herself here against her will, and she only wants to go home to the mountains.

236 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 29, 2023

About the author

M R Mortimer is a former high school teacher and an Anthropologist. He lives in NSW, Australia. M R Mortimer also has interest in music and the visual arts, as well as on video game programming and design.

While he publishes SF as M.R. Mortimer, you can find his fantasy novels, the series "The Cinder Chronicles" on goodreads listed as written by Martin R Mortimer.

Always having been a keen writer, he has supported and assisted others in that area for many years, but only began publishing in 2011, having not pursued such ambitions earlier as a result of a range of factors. M R Mortimer has been active with writers groups, and never been far away from the world of storytelling.

His hope is to continue writing and publishing long into the future.

Reviews

[Barry Pittman · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another Aussie indie author, new to me, who has a list of titles I can explore. I love a story involving a journey, throw into this a peek of the future (don’t expect this to make you happy though), this makes for an enjoyable story. We follow Maia’s adventure ‘down the mountain’. Without spoiling the story, you can expect her to meet the good, the bad and the ugly. Old movie titles aside Maia has a hard time of it initially in a world destroyed by… you guessed it, us. Though there are still good people in the world amongst the bad and with their help Maia may make her way home.

A little moral message at the end caps off the story and the ending shows us Maia has found more than just horses. As Uncle says, ‘seeking the things you desire is a good thing for your soul.”