Six years have passed since Padakan House was defeated in the skies above Earth. Their surrender is imminent and, under Frank Tomhines, the victorious Confederacy is about to restore democracy to its oppressed citizenry.
But dissenters from within the Confederacy oppose both the surrender and the leadership of Frank Tomhines... and forces from outside have their own plans to keep the battle raging. Forced to take matters into his own hands, Frank begins to exploit weaknesses in his own democratic system to maintain control of a galaxy spiraling inexorably toward conflict.
After six years of unsuccessful campaigning to outlaw his homeworld's chief export, Ross Tillman is pulled unwittingly back into the centre of events. When Frank offers Ross a chance to achieve his goals and protect his world, Ross is forced to make a difficult decision between two equally unpalatable moral outcomes. But there's even more at stake than Ross realises. It soon becomes clear just how much this decision is going to cost him... but only when it's far too late.
Peaceful Tomorrows is a graphic novel that explores the consequences of compromising one's core values, and the painful path to redemption.
The epic sequel to Shane W Smith's The Lesser Evil, Peaceful Tomorrows was a finalist in the 2013 Aurealis Awards.
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Shane Walsh-Smith is an award-winning Australian novelist, graphic novelist and screenwriter who works across a broad spectrum of genre fiction. In addition to a lifetime of writing, he has also worked as an artist, editor, publisher, project leader, graphic designer, mentor, beta reader, ghost-writer, letterer, proof-reader and continuity consultant in a variety of creative fields.His books (most written under his pen name Shane W Smith) have been shortlisted for awards a total of seven times, including twice for the fan-favourite Undad. His epic fantasy graphic novel, Triumviratus was the first graphic novel ever to win the Best Fiction award in the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards. His TV scripts have placed in more than fifty contests, including nine wins. Since 2021, he has been working with Holmgard Press to help deliver the Definitive Editions of the Lone Wolf gamebook series, as well as a range of original projects set in the same universe.Shane has a Bachelor degree in Creative Writing, and might be the only person in the world to get a comic published in a refereed academic journal. He lives in Australia with his wife and four children.