Gunman's Peace

by Milton J. Davis

One hundred years after the Collapse violence still rages across the region once known as Georgia. Warlords fight for control with deadly mercenaries known as Gunmen, and Moses Prichard is one of the best. Tired of the constant turmoil he finds solace within the walls of Newlanta, a city struggling to establish an island of peace amidst the chaos. But now the city is threatened by a powerful warlord Moses once served and he is forced to strap on his guns. However, this time he’s fighting for his own reasons.
Gunman’s Peace, first novel of an action-packed series by Milton Davis, takes place in a post-apocalyptic world struggling to build a better future by ridding itself of the evils of the past.

170 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 8, 2019

About the author

Milton Davis is owner of MVmedia, LLC , a small publishing company specializing in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Sword and Soul. MVmedia’s mission is to provide speculative fiction books that represent people of color in a positive manner. Milton is the author of eight novels; his most recent The Woman of the Woods and Amber and the Hidden City. He is co-editor of four anthologies; Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology and Griot: Sisters of the Spear, with Charles R. Saunders; The Ki Khanga Anthology with Balogun Ojetade and the Steamfunk! Anthology, also with Balogun Ojetade. MVmedia has also published Once Upon A Time in Afrika by Balogun Ojetade.
Milton resides in Metro Atlanta with his wife Vickie and his children Brandon and Alana.

Reviews

[Gerald Coleman · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you’re like me you have two issues with post apocalyptic storytelling - it’s generally depressing and it lacks a real diversity of characters. Milton Davis’ Gunman’s Peace is the antidote to all that. It’s a story centered in the new subgenre known as Solarpunk, a more hopeful rendering of post apocalyptic stories. GP takes place in a future Atlanta that is trying to recover from an apocalyptic nightmare. It’s gritty, hopeful, heroic, and centered around a black protagonist. It’s everything I’m looking for in this kind of story. This is a read you want on your desk, nightstand, or in your bag.

[Theempathogen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fine work of post-apocalyptic dystopia. It's a tale of the various facets of the human spirit and what drives it, and how our species endures through incomprehensible adversity. A tale of how our relationships mould and motivate us.

Moses Pritchard is technically an anti-hero in that he came of age on the wrong foot. But after many years of being a mercenary, he decides to direct his energy to taking steps to make Georgia a better place to live. In a state devastated long ago, nature has reclaimed much of what it once was, but warlords rule former metropolitan areas. It's a fight between the ones who rule with love and the ones who rule with greed.

This is an action-packed page turner and well worth the investment in time and expense.