Peace Lord of the Red Planet - Chapter One

This novel puts a new spin on the idea of the earthman who is suddenly torn from his home and cast into a fantastic world of warfare and (apparent) magic.  Our hero is not a seasoned veteran of war who happens to outclass all the members of an alien warrior culture; rather, he's a man of peace whose bravery is beyond compare, but whose moral convictions will be tested on a ruthless world.  Shepherd Autrey is a doctor and member of the Society of Friends in America in 1864.  On a mercy mission to...