Best Selling Books by Mike Tucker

HAWKINS In the winter of 1931, a deep cover federal agent hunting the Mafia and the Klan takes on a case that changes his life forever. This is HAWKINS, a raw, no-holds-barred thriller and a searing meditation on justice. Praise for Mike Tucker "A brilliant Depression-era thriller that could not be more real or compelling, HAWKINS is a quick, riveting read. As a native of the American Southwest and retired FBI special agent who spent most of my career on the East Coast, I was drawn to HAWKINS mainly out of curiosity. From the first sentence, it became vividly clear that Mike Tucker''s down-to-earth and hard-hitting style brought back to life the memories of vice, corruption and prejudices prevalent during my youth in the 1930''s. The characters in HAWKINS are authentic and unforgettable and presented with conviction, passion and attention to detail that fully secures the reader''s focus. There is so much injustice in the world and the damn truth is, there always has been. But as Mike Tucker says in HAWKINS, "You cannot win the fight alone, but if you stand for justice, you will never fight alone." And that is the heart and soul of this great book, HAWKINS." Cole Russell, Flagstaff, Arizona "NOMAD is a classic journey story and a magnificent epic -point-blank, gripping and poignant, a story that we would not know except for Mike Tucker''s journey among the farmers and fishermen in North China. The Chinese revolutionaries, spies and guerrilla fighters have their say and could not be more real, convincing and authentic. A stunning, riveting novel, NOMAD-I could not put it down. Bravo, Mike Tucker." Mark Chambers, hunting guide, Northern New Mexico "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk "If Hemingway were alive, he would be buying drinks for Mike Tucker all night long, for Tucker''s vivid, moving first-hand account of a 250 kilometer deep reconnaissance behind Burmese Army lines, THE LONG PATROL, pivots on those quintessentially Hemingwayesque themes of armed men fighting to survive against overwhelming odds, and simply battling against the elements. Outstanding." Jim Algie, Editor, author and journalist. Untamed Travel.

NORTH CHINA BLUES "We will kill every opium dealer in China. We will drive rat bastard opium mafia gangster Chiang Kaishek to the sea. We will kill every opium dealer and burn down every opium den, burn down every poppy field and drive the Kuomintang and the Japanese to the sea. If I don''t make it, Nomad, carve my name on a mountain. Tell my people my name is China." Mike Tucker, from NORTH CHINA BLUES An American mercenary hunting Chiang Kaishek''s opium mafia during the Chinese Revolution takes on the mission of his life, deep behind enemy lines in North China. A classic journey story and a thrilling, politically-charged tale of espionage and war that spans the globe from 1938 to 2017, NORTH CHINA BLUES is a raw, compelling and gritty tribute to the Chinese guerrilla fighters, spies and revolutionaries who won the Chinese Revolution, and who are responsible for the stunning transformation of China, in our time. PRAISE FOR MIKE TUCKER "NORTH CHINA BLUES is a classic journey story and a raw, vivid espionage and war novel with a powerful affirmation of justice and love -point-blank, gripping and poignant, a story that we would not know except for Mike Tucker''s journey among the farmers and fishermen in North China. The Chinese guerrilla fighters, revolutionaries and spies have their say and could not be more real, convincing and authentic. Lyrical and compelling, reminiscent of THE ODYSSEY, I could not put it down. Bravo, Mike Tucker." Mark Chambers, hunting guide, Northern New Mexico "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent, THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk "If Hemingway were alive, he would be buying drinks for Mike Tucker all night long, for Tucker''s vivid, moving first-hand account of a 250 kilometer deep reconnaissance behind Burmese Army lines, THE LONG PATROL, pivots on those quintessentially Hemingwayesque themes of armed men fighting to survive against overwhelming odds, and simply battling against the elements. Outstanding." Jim Algie, Editor, author and journalist. Untamed Travel, Bangkok.

CHIEFTAIN "We will kill every opium dealer in China. We will drive rat bastard opium mafia gangster Chiang Kaishek to the sea. We will kill every opium dealer and burn down every opium den, burn down every poppy field and drive the Kuomintang and the Japanese to the sea. If I don''t make it, Chieftain, carve my name on a mountain. Tell my people my name is China." MikeTucker, from CHIEFTAIN An American mercenary hunting Chiang Kaishek''s opium mafia during the Chinese Revolution takes on the mission of his life, deep behind enemy lines in North China. A thrilling mercenary saga that spans the globe from 1938 to 2017, CHIEFTAIN is a raw, compelling and gritty tribute to the Chinese guerrilla fighters, spies and revolutionaries who won the Chinese Revolution and are responsible for the stunning transformation of China, in our time. PRAISE FOR MIKE TUCKER "CHIEFTAIN is a classic journey story and a magnificent epic -point-blank, gripping and poignant, a story that we would not know except for Mike Tucker''s journey among the farmers and fishermen in North China. The Chinese revolutionaries, spies and guerrilla fighters have their say and could not be more real, convincing and authentic. A stunning, riveting novel, CHIEFTAIN-I could not put it down. Bravo, Mike Tucker." Mark Chambers, hunting guide, Northern New Mexico "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent, THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk "If Hemingway were alive, he would be buying drinks for Mike Tucker all night long, for Tucker''s vivid, moving first-hand account of a 250 kilometer deep reconnaissance behind Burmese Army lines, The Long Patrol, pivots on those quintessentially Hemingwayesque themes of armed men fighting to survive against overwhelming odds, and simply battling against the elements. Outstanding." Jim Algie, Editor, author and journalist. Untamed Travel, Bangkok.

"Rich man, poor man, when your world falls apart, you''re the same man, alone and hurting like you''ve never hurt before and trying to find a way to carry on." "''The Klan and the Mob are both in the same business in Maryland, the law-purchasing business. Even in hard times, that''s a business making real money in America. You''re right, they''ll want to negotiate. Fine. They can get a thick fuckin'' prayer rug out and negotiate with the Almighty.''" ''Point-blank, provocative and raw, a tour de force of narrative, 1931 is Mike Tucker''s best novel, his most unique and distinctive work--authentic and compelling.'' Will Layman, American jazz critic, author and educator. 1931 is an epic, riveting Great Depression crime saga and a classic American novel, from the time of the grenade and the tommy gun and the bloody, undeclared, no holds barred war on the streets and shores of the United States, when the Mafia ran bootlegging with an iron fist and the Special Agents of the Bureau of Investigation took on the Mafia from coast to coast.

Here is the first inside perspective on what it was like to endure the horrors of Saddam Hussein. In Hell Is Over: Voices of the Kurds After Saddam, author Mike Tucker offers frank and evocative accounts of the Kurdish people, from veterans of the Kurdish uprising, the Revolution of 1961, to members of the peshmerga who helped U.S. forces quickly take key northern cities. Hell Is Over is a testimony to the anguish of political prisoners, survivors of chemical attacks, and victims of torture. Tucker also offers readers the unbridled joy and optimism of Kurdish artists and poets and of old warriors who now look forward to putting down the guns they''ve carried for decades. Hell Is Over is the moving narrative of a long-suffering nation, chillingly told one precious individual at a time.

SARTORI A novel by Mike Tucker Literary Fiction: Espionage/Action-adventure The first novel to rip the lid off the American "No covert ops inside Saudi Arabia" of the last 70 years, SARTORI is a wild ride, a journey into the world of counterterrorism spies, mercenaries, covert operatives, many of whom are Muslim and are crucial to the hunt for the number one Islamic State financier in Northern Saudi Arabia, The Sheikh. SARTORI, which means "moment of enlightenment" in Zen Buddhism, is the sequel to Mike Tucker''s thrilling novel, SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING, which was compared to Ernest Hemingway by the African Correspondent for THE SUNDAY TIMES of London, Miles Amoore. In the summer of 2015, three counterterrorism mercenaries of the British Secret Intelligence Service find themselves on the mission of their lives, behind enemy lines in Northern Saudi Arabia, aided by a brilliant Moroccan covert operative and a Saudi operative--code name, Naomi--who do not hesitate to bring their deep understanding of Arab Beduoin culture to aid the mercs. Raw in its combat, scintillating in its action and intrigue, and not lacking in humor and satire, SARTORI is a thrilling spy novel by the only writer of his generation who has been compared to Hemingway--Mike Tucker.

NATE & JULIE by Mike Tucker Vol. 3, The Love Trilogy "Enchanting, marvelous and simply a beautiful love story, this is Mike Tucker''s brilliant, moving and poignant finale to The Love Trilogy, Nate & Julie! O, I so love this book and the entire trilogy. Mike Tucker really understands the healing power of love and how love gives us the strength to carry on, against all odds, and live with love in our hearts and souls and spirits. Set in Paris, this is Nate & Julie, a love story I cannot recommend any higher, a book for all time, like all the great love stories in The Love Trilogy. And I read it in one evening, just a blazing great read! Such a fantastic story and Mike Tucker''s love poems make this a truly unique and marvelous book. A vibrant, magnificent short story coupled with great poetry, a beautiful love story and so touching, so real." Danielle Chevalier Paris "Nate & Julie is for lovers only. Just a perfect ending to The Love Trilogy and a marvelous story, a wonderful, enchanting love story by Mike Tucker, who is, as jazz artists say, really deep in the groove on this one. This is so much Julie''s story and the poetry dedicated to her makes Nate & Julie so very authentic and so very romantic. Love and destiny rock in Nate & Julie as in the entire trilogy. I adored Nate & Julie and just love this book that is charming, passionate, witty and just sings with love." Carolina Mendes, Lisbon A potent fusion of prose and poetry, this is Nate & Julie, set in Paris in our time. The poignant, moving and brilliant finale to The Love Trilogy, Nate & Julie is a meditation on love and destiny, a beautiful love story that could not be more authentic and romantic by Mike Tucker, author of 50 books and the only writer in our time compared to Hemingway.

On a beach at night by Mike Tucker "On a beach at night celebrates love! Electrifying, sublime, poignant and straight from the heart, this is a great book of poetry. Forty years ago this spring, Mike Tucker received Honors in Poetry at James Madison University---these magnificent poems are the best since his legendary wildman poet days, when he earned great honor as a RONIN counterterrorist in Spain and later led hostage rescue missions beyond Burmese Army lines, before taking down Al Qaeda inside Saudi Arabia more recently. On a beach at night honors and celebrates love and the spirit of romance and freedom and adventure, from beginning to end. Bravo, Mike Tucker!" Danielle Chevalier, Paris "For lovers everywhere. A splendid, beautiful book of poems, On a beach at night is marvelous. Mike Tucker, a born poet, an internationally-acclaimed counterterrorism expert and an incredible novelist, has written poems that I have no doubt will enrich your life as they have enriched mine. My husband loves this book, too, and it is just so vivid, authentic, captivating and moving. The world is a better place for these magnificent poems. For lovers everywhere, in every generation, on all lands and seas-On a beach at night. Bravo, Mike Tucker!" Jenny Thurgood, London "On a beach at night is some of the best poetry I''ve ever read and I simply adore the many beautiful love poems in it, enchanting, moving poems that will touch your heart as they touched mine. Mike Tucker returns to his roots in this one-he is a great poet and novelist, and his first published work was poetry-and I cannot recommend more highly this beautiful book, On a beach at night." Bette Tillges, New York City A beautiful collection of love poems and poems from Mike Tucker''s journeys around the world, this is On a beach at night, a poignant, romantic and moving book that celebrates love, and a fantastic book for lovers everywhere. MOHAWK 1, Mike Tucker''s historic, landmark novel--the first WWII novel to feature Mohawk Code Talkers, a tribute to the Mohawk Tribe and to the US Army Rangers--will launch on Amazon on May 17, 2022.

MOHAWK 1 a novel by Mike Tucker "MOHAWK 1 is an epic WWII novel, an authentic and moving tribute to the Mohawk warriors who fought with uncommon valor to help win the Second World War. Mike Tucker has written a magnificent novel in MOHAWK 1, a gripping tale of brave men and women in hard times, and one not lacking in romance." Ben Masterson, Auckland "A thrilling, brilliant novel by Mike Tucker, MOHAWK 1, a great WWII novel and a true homage to the Mohawk Tribe and all who fought to win WWII. And a profoundly American novel, too, one that only Mike Tucker, with his deep experience as a counterterrorist RONIN over four decades, could have written-a real page-turner and a marvelous tribute to the US Army Rangers, to boot." Marc Prewitt, Seattle The first novel to honor the Mohawk warriors who fought with uncommon valor in the Second World War, this is MOHAWK 1, a stunning war novel and a brilliant meditation on courage, love and honor by Mike Tucker, the only writer in our time compared to Hemingway. A team of clandestine American snipers, led by a brilliant, bold and daring Mohawk warrior, hunt the Gestapo from North Africa to Europe in MOHAWK 1, a thrilling, point-blank war novel and a great tribute to the Mohawk Tribe and all who fought against all odds to liberate Europe and North Africa from the Nazis. PRAISE FOR MIKE TUCKER "In his wildman poet days, when he was under fire in Barcelona in a legendary counterterrorist action, helping stop a fascist dictatorship from coming back to power in Spain in 1981, many people said Mike Tucker would one day write great love stories. They were right. Love Stories is a magnificent, thrilling book of timeless love stories worth its weight in gold-if you believe in love, read this book. If you''ve ever had a broken heart and there''s a part of you that still believes in love, read this book. And if you simply want to curl up by a fire and fall in love with love, read this book. I loved it. You will, too. Bravo, Mike Tucker!" Danielle Chevalier, Paris "This is love! The hero of Love Stories is LOVE." Jenny Thurgood, London

First-ever oral history of an entire Marine scout-sniper platoon. Author Mike Tucker embedded with the unit in Iraq for its entire combat tour in 2005-06 for a boots-on-the-ground perspective on American policy in action in the country.

African Skies "Amor Vincit Omnia." Latin proverb. English Translation: Love conquers all. A hunt for man-eating lions in East Africa in the summer of 2010 leads a young American veteran on a journey that changes his life forever in AFRICAN SKIES, a meditation on survival, war, loss, and love in this first novel by the author of RONIN, THE LONG PATROL and AMONG WARRIORS IN IRAQ, Mike Tucker. "Gripping and passionate, AFRICAN SKIES is a terrific love story with a richly-textured, witty and dynamic narrative. Tucker''s prose rocks in this novel, a book that leads with a riveting lion hunt and takes the reader on a journey of the heart. The intrigue is fresh and stunning and I really felt like I knew the characters in the book as well as I know my own friends, by novel''s end. Magnificent." Will Layman, jazz critic, editor and educator. Washington, D.C. "If Hemingway were alive, he would be buying drinks for Mike Tucker all night long, for Tucker''s vivid, moving first-hand account of a 250 kilometer deep reconnaissance behind Burmese Army lines, THE LONG PATROL, pivots on those quintessentially Hemingwayesque themes of armed men fighting to survive against overwhelming odds, and simply battling against the elements. Outstanding." Jim Algie, Editor and journalist, UNTAMED TRAVEL. Bangkok. Author of twenty-one books, including fourteen volumes of poetry, Mike Tucker graduated with Honors in Poetry in 1982 and a Master of Arts in Literature in 1999 from James Madison University. His next novel, LONELY FIRE, will be published by Outskirts Press in November 2011. www.miketuckerauthor.com

An oral history of the Kudristan Revolution (1961-2003).

Out on a hunting trip, Arthur kills a unicorn. Merlin rushes to the animal''s side, obviously upset, as the knights cheer Arthur for killing this most highly-prized of beasts. But, it seems that by killing the magical creature Arthur has cursed Camelot and until he makes amends for his actions the great city will be damned. Could this be the end of Camelot and her people . . . ?

The Grief Sessions Leaders Guide is used in conjunction with a six session video presentations (DVD) and the Participant Guidebook. The Grief Sessions presents practical, healthy ways to navigate the new life we never wanted but have to face nonetheless. The six sessions share scientifically researched, Bible-based, and people-proven ways to turn loss into living again.

FOR SUZANNE Volume 2, The Journey Trilogy "And when I die, and when I''m gone, there''ll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on." Laura Nyro An American mercenary in North China in 1938 discovers just how mysterious and real destiny is in Mike Tucker''s thrilling novella, FOR SUZANNE, a fast-paced, scintillating tale of espionage, war, love and survival. The only book by a foreign writer on the knock-down, drag-out guerrilla war in the heart of the Chinese Revolution on the North China coast, there is no better book to understand China, and why Mao won. This is the epic sequel to CARRY A DREAM, and a brilliant tribute to Hemingway, Zapata, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Paul Desmond.

CHINATOWN "Burn the opium. Keep the gold." Mike Tucker, from CHINATOWN A wild ride into the heart of the opium mafia in Asia, CHINATOWN is a politically-charged crime story that could not be more entertaining, thrilling and provocative. Mike Tucker gives scintillating insight to the opium wars in Asia in our time and the greed and pride at the root of American foreign policy failure in China and Vietnam since the 1920s. This is CHINATOWN, the sequel to NOMAD and the first book by an American novelist to call for Trump''s impeachment. PRAISE FOR MIKE TUCKER "NOMAD is a classic journey story and a magnificent epic -point-blank, gripping and poignant, a story that we would not know except for Mike Tucker''s journey among the farmers and fishermen in North China. The Chinese revolutionaries, spies and guerrilla fighters have their say and could not be more real, convincing and authentic. A stunning, riveting novel, NOMAD-I could not put it down. Bravo, Mike Tucker." Mark Chambers, hunting guide, Northern New Mexico "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk

EAST RIVER Volume 1, The Chieftain Trilogy "I witnessed September 11th, Bette. Right here. New York City. These kids I see every time I go running along the East River, they deserve to live long, glorious lives. And this is counterterrorism. I''m not paid to react. I''m paid to save lives." "That sonofabitch Trump walked, Tommy. The ratpunk walked and those Q Anon ratpunk Nazis that seized our Capitol Building need to pay, they damn well need to pay. We didn''t kill the Nazis in Europe to see the Nazis take power in our country in our generation." "Mohamed, they call me the Chieftain, brother. God willin'', we''ll see the lions on the beaches. But right now, we''ve got work to do." from EAST RIVER, @2021, Mike Tucker A young, beautiful and wicked-smart lady fluent in four languages, a native New Yorker who finds herself in one helluva'' jam on Valentine''s Day Weekend, 2021, and discovers just how real karma is near the East River in New York City; a brilliant young NYPD Counterterrorism detective, born and raised in Hells Kitchen, a September 11th Generation veteran and former sniper; the Chieftain, the veteran counterterrorist and former Delta Force commando who leads a team of daring counterterrorists in Africa and around the world; Jean Claude Moulin, a brilliant French counterterrorist and the great-grandson of a legendary French Resistance fighter in WWII: This is EAST RIVER, a stunning counterterrorism thriller that takes head-on Trump, Q Anon and the domestic terrorists who launched an insurrection on January 6th, 2021 against the US Capitol. From East Africa to New York City, EAST RIVER rocks like a hurricane, details the real-world threat of suicide-bomb container ships and throws down on Trump like no other book. "Love is always enough," as Mike Tucker writes in EAST RIVER, and it''s the September 11th Generation that shines in EAST RIVER, the first volume in The Chieftain Trilogy, a book that could not be more moving, compelling, gritty and romantic.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with this fantastic story featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger.Tiger is grounded. His brother, Toby, is looking after him. The dimension rip is stuck open. Could the day get any worse? Tiger is about to find out that it can. In fact it gets much, much worse when an army of Krush warriors starts to invade through the rip in Tiger''s wardrobe! Can themicro-friends repel the Krush attack and save their friends and family, or will they all be adapted?Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a follow-up activity.

The Darksmiths have the Eternity Crystal and are eager to finally fulfil their contract with their mysterious client. The Darksmiths have also reprogrammed Gisella, the robotic ''daughter'' of Varlos, who now seems to be working for them. The Doctor learns that the Darksmiths are due to hand over the Crystal to their client as a secret rendezvous on present day Earth. Will the Doctor be able to intercept the transaction in time? Or will the Crystal begin a war that will continue for all eternity? Continue the amazing Darksmith adventure with the Doctor online at www.thedarksmithlegacy.com

FOR MARIA "Love is a fire that never dies." Mike Tucker A Portuguese slave girl in Cleopatra''s temple discovers how mysterious, real and liberating love is in FOR MARIA, a thrilling, poignant love story based on a Bedouin legend from ancient Egypt. LOVE SONG, Mike Tucker''s next book, a captivating, enchanting and compelling love story set in Northern New Mexico, will be launched on Amazon on February 1st, 2021.

"SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING" "No matter how many lives you save, the most important life you save is your own." -Mike Tucker, from "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING" Inspired by the legend of Spartacus, "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING" is a classic journey story and a meditation on freedom. Raw, profane, gripping and poignant, Mike Tucker''s second novel is a tribute to the US Navy SEALS, a stunning homage to the Black Lahu, Hmong and Karen hill tribes of northern Thailand and a no-holds-barred tale of raids against Burmese Army slave labor patrols. Above all, it is Jake Deveraux''s story, the story of a US Navy SEAL veteran whose quest leads him to discover a truth ancient as the legend of Spartacus and real in every generation: No matter how many lives you save, the most important life you save is your own. Mike Tucker journeyed to northern Thailand to research "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING "in the winter of 1992-3, living with the Black Lahu, Hmong and Karen hill tribes on the Thai-Burmese border and throughout northern Thailand. He is the author of 22 books, including 14 volumes of poetry, and received Honors in Poetry in 1982 and a Masters in Literature in 1999 from James Madison University. The only author under fire with US Navy SEALS from DEVGRU (SEAL TEAM SIX) after September 11th, Mike Tucker now lives in the Near East, northern Thailand and the Straits of Malacca, where he is writing his third novel, "1931," which will be released internationally in the fall of 2012.

A mysterious new knight arrives in Camelot for the sword tournament. His fighting skills are impressive but Merlin suspects that dark magic is involved. With Prince Arthur next in line to fight, time is running out for Merlin to prove that evil is afoot.

THINGS OF THIS EARTH a novel by Mike Tucker "A stunning achievement-Things of this Earth is a magnificent novel and a classic journey story with an ingenious plot, rich in the details won by Mike Tucker''s fieldwork in China. To understand China in our time, this is a must-read: The only book by a foreign writer, ever, that puts you right in the heart of the Chinese Revolution on the North China Coast. A gripping read, simply brilliant-deep and poignant and moving, I could not put it down." Jenny Thurgood, London "Things of this Earth can build a bridge of peace between China and America. It is that good. Profoundly insightful and very gripping, Things of this Earth is very moving and rich in the currents that flow in Mike Tucker''s fiction-justice and injustice, truth and the corruption of truth, love and hate and courage. Nomad is the Odysseus of our time." Josh Kavanagh, Connaught, Ireland THINGS OF THIS EARTH "And when I die, and when I''m gone, there''ll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on." Laura Nyro An American mercenary in North China in 1938 discovers just how mysterious and real destiny is in Mike Tucker''s thrilling novel, Things of this Earth, a fast-paced, scintillating tale of espionage, war and love. In our time, his legacy lives on in this thrilling, fascinating novel, a brilliant meditation on the truth and beauty of Ruth Mallory''s timeless maxim, "Everything leads to something beyond." Mike Tucker''s next novel, The Long Ride, inspired by a Civil War legend, will launch on Amazon on May 1st, 2022.

Escaping from one battle and straight into another, the Doctor and his companion. Catherine, find themselves on a far flung world where time travellers are persecuted as witches and warlocks by the Papal Inquisition. The Doctor is arrested, his only hope of escape being Cat, but she has demons of her own to face, and as the Doctor starts to realise exactly what is happening, so time rapidly starts to slip away for both him and Cat.

LOVE SONG "Everything leads to something beyond." Ruth Mallory "LOVE SONG by Mike Tucker, like his epic love story FOR MARIA, is for lovers everywhere. Set deep in the Sangre de Cristo mountains in glorious Northern New Mexico, LOVE SONG is a beautiful meditation on love and charity." Jenny Thurgood, London "LOVE SONG is worth every penny-bravo, Mike Tucker! "Love brings people together," as Mike Tucker writes in this authentic, passionate love story. So very poignant and heartfelt and moving. A very engaging read and just magnificent, a diamond shining in the night like the stars in the beautiful night skies over Northern New Mexico-LOVE SONG." Danielle Chevalier, Paris Ben Capa and Amber Vierrun, two young lovers in Northern New Mexico, discover just how real love and friendship are in LOVE SONG, a magnificent love story set in January 2021. Mike Tucker''s 44th book, this is LOVE SONG, a story for lovers everywhere, in every generation.

Contains two stories, including "Rain of Terror," in which the Doctor, Amy, and Rory help the colonists on the planet Xirrinda deal with an alien infestation; and "The Underwater War," in which the Doctor and his companions board a spaceship orbiting the water-planet Hydron.

"Tommy Benson, a first grader in Chinle, Northern Arizona, is lost in unwordable grief, haunted by the tragic death of his best friend. Seeking a way to help him, his family''s priest reaches across the Pacific Ocean in The Boxer, a novella inspired by an incident in a boxing gym in Malaysia"--Back cover.

From distant galaxies in the far-flung future, to ancient history on the planet Earth, Doctor Who is unique for the breadth of possibilities that it can offer a designer. For the first time in history, the Doctor Who Art Department are opening their doors to reveal a unique, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most loved series on British Television. Whether it’s iconic sets like the TARDIS console room, recurring villains like the Daleks or the Cybermen, or the smallest hand prop featured in the briefest of scenes, this book showcases the work of the Doctor Who art department in glorious detail. Discover how the designers work with the costume, make-up and special effects teams to produce the alien worlds, and how the work has evolved from the programme’s ‘classic’ era to the panoramic alien worlds and technologies that delight audiences today. Featuring hundreds of models, sketches, storyboards and concept artworks, many never-before-seen, Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds opens the doors to 50 years of astonishing creative work from one of the most inventive shows on television.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with this fantastic story featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger.Split up during a turbulent rip-jump, the micro-friends land on opposite sides of a world wrecked by tornados. Ant and Tiger become embroiled in the fast and furious world of tornado racing, but they have dark forces to contend with, like the hissing rip-vipers which drain the power from the racingvehicles. Meanwhile, Max and Cat are desperately searching for their friends and have to find a way to reach them on the other side of the world. All four children must reunite and find Vilana before she escapes again.Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a follow-up activity.

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction, carefully selected poetry and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development.This exciting Graphic Texts pack contains 168 reading books, 6 each of: Chasing Birdy, The Wind in the Willows, The Pelican Chorus and other poems,Great Artists, Time Stealer, The Jungle Book, If and other poems, Great Inventors, The Sands of Deception, The Secret Garden, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and other poems, Great Naturalists, The Jurchen Recruits, Treasure Island, The PiedPiper of Hamelin, Great Space Explorers, Time''s Pendulum, Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland, Jabberwocky and other poems, Great Scientists, Antarctic Ambush, The Call of the Wild, The Raven and other poems, Great Engineers, Time Runs Out, Oliver Twist, For the Fallen and other poems, Great Pioneers. In addition, this pack contains 7 sets of guided readingnotes and 1 teaching handbook.

Blast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these stories are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 1 copy of each of the 12 books at Grey Book Band.

NOMAD "Burn the opium. Keep the gold." "Nothing comes at you harder than life. And nothing heals like love. When you really love someone, it''s like the feeling of the sun at dawn." "War never changes. War is nothing but a street fight taken to another level. And nobody ever won a street fight throwing jabs." "Naked eye, Sun Yen could see the antlers on a deer at 400 meters. His mother had watched two daughters and one son die before they were three months old in a village in Helionjiang that was seven hundred miles from the nearest doctor, a village like so many in China, a village where the most incurable disease was poverty. The best sniper in North China, he''d joined the communists in 1927." "Hsia Lungtze," Bao Turr said, poker-faced, calm. "Killed more people than the plague. In bed with the Japanese since 1924, major opium dealer on the North China coast since 1917. . . . . Deep connections to opium godfather Chiang Kaishek, Shanghai and Tokyo." "CIA--Criminally Incompetent Assholes. And you''re goddamn right I hold them accountable. No one is more responsible for the spread of Radical Islamic terrorism in Europe than the CIA. It''s the CIA that bankrolled the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe since 1950 and that is a goddamn fact, brother." "Nobody wanted the French back in Indochina in 1945 except the French. And the Vietnam War was way wrong, just a fuckin'' goddamn tragedy. Now it''s 2017 and the same people inside the Beltway who think that the Vietnam War was a good idea want America to go to war with China, over Taiwan. And what built Taiwan? Opium and heroin money. Who built Taiwan with opium and heroin money? Chiang Kaishek, number one opium warlord in Asia, 1927-1949, that ratpunk scumbag motherfucker Chiang Kaishek, serious opium gangster in the 1950s. Who got Chiang Kaishek out of China and safely to Taiwan in 1949? CIA. Now, who backs Taiwan in 2017? The CIA, the gang of fuckwits in three-piece suits that can''t find tits on a stripper in Vegas." Mike Tucker from NOMAD, @2017, Mike Tucker In the snow and ice of North China in the winter of 1938, an American mercenary fights against seemingly-impossible odds, shoulder-to-shoulder in the heart of the Chinese Revolution with Long March veterans carrying submachine guns and grenades and their dreams. NOMAD could not be more fierce, urgent, raw and compelling-the scintillating tale of an American mercenary at war in North China, whose journey in the Chinese Revolution later inspires clandestine mercenaries in our time. This is NOMAD--a classic war story, an epic mercenary saga and the most political war novel since FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS. "NOMAD is dedicated to the farmers and fishermen of North China who were the soul of the Chinese Revolution up north and who remain the soul of North China in our time. And in memory of my comrades from France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Kurdistan and the United States of America who died behind Burmese Army lines and in Iraq and Afghanistan. And NOMAD is also dedicated in memory of Lieutenant Colonel Archimedes L.A. Patti, United States Army (1913-1998), Office of Strategic Services, China and General Huang Hua (1911-1943), Red Army, Chinese revolutionary, brilliant guerrilla war commander and Long March veteran." Long life and blue skies, Mike Tucker North China May 20, 2017 PRAISE FOR MIKE TUCKER "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent, THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. This Graphic Texts pack contains 1 set of guided reading notes and 4 reading books, 1 each of: Time''s Pendulum, Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland, Jabberwocky and other poems, Great Scientists.

CARRY A DREAM "Nothing comes at you harder than life. And nothing heals like love." Mike Tucker In the wake of devastating tragedy, a young boxer in New Mexico finds himself in the fight of his life in Mike Tucker''s thrilling journey story, CARRY A DREAM, a gripping, moving meditation on courage, love and destiny. The first in The Journey Trilogy and a magnificent tribute to Hemingway''s THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, this is CARRY A DREAM, a book that could not be more timely and timeless. FOR SUZANNE, the epic and thrilling sequel to CARRY A DREAM, and FOR EMMA, the third novella in the Journey Trilogy, will both be launched on Amazon on November 11th, 2020.

Mountain, Desert, Song: A Short Walk through Northern New Mexico by Mike Tucker Mountain, Desert, Song Beauty in the mountains, Beauty in the desert, Beauty in the song of the wind. Mike Tucker, @2019, from MOUNTAIN, DESERT, SONG A tribute to the glorious mountains and high desert of Northern New Mexico and the ancient Native American Indian hunters who cut the first trails in the lands of the Navajo, Zuni and Pueblo, MOUNTAIN, DESERT, SONG is a beautiful work of photography by Mike Tucker--writer, photographer and the author of 30 books. Mike Tucker hiked from Santa Fe to Albuquerque in August 2019 to shoot these timeless photos in the Land of Enchantment, home of the magnificent Sandia Wilderness and high blue skies that spell forever. This is MOUNTAIN, DESERT, SONG, a compelling, authentic and moving work of art that honors a classic Navajo proverb--"You cannot see the future with tears in your eyes."

Jake & Olivia Volume 2, The Love Trilogy by Mike Tucker "Only from the heart can you touch the sky." Rumi "This is love! The hero in Jake & Olivia is LOVE. O my days, Jake & Olivia is such a beautiful love story. Mike Tucker has delivered, yet again, with volume 2 of The Love Trilogy, the smashing page-turner Jake & Olivia, so authentic and contemporary and so very, very moving. Take a journey into the sea of love in Jake & Olivia and feel the spirit of love and healing, this is such a beautiful book! So poignant, so witty and so very alive with the thrill of romance and the power of love, Jake & Olivia celebrates love, sweet love." Jenny Thurgood London "Love heals and love rocks in Jake & Olivia, an absolutely divine love story that I could not put down! Olivia''s sorrow is so gut-wrenching and so very real, she is a very authentic and passionate young artist trying to find her way back to her soul, and her dreams. Jake is a US Army Ranger veteran with roots in Italy and meets her in Capestrano, seemingly from out of nowhere. The plot is brilliant, and the characters do not read like "characters," they come across as real people from our era. Such a magnificent movie Jake & Olivia will make! Romantic, witty, great-hearted, lyrical, moving, a tribute to love and a homage to the September 11th Generation---I so adore this book. Magnificent love story, Jake & Olivia, simply magnificent." Carolina Mendes Lisbon "I love Jake & Olivia and I have no doubt you will, too! What a beautiful love story, rich in telling details, so moving and vibrant and brilliant--as with Mike Tucker''s other great love stories, I found myself falling in love with love. Just a great love story, très magnifique! Can''t wait for the third volume of The Love Trilogy, Gabriel & Alicia! I so adored Paco & Maria and now, with Jake & Olivia, I could not be more thrilled--- it is so very moving and a great meditation on destiny. Bravo, Mike Tucker!" Danielle Chevalier Paris Worlds collide and love rocks in Jake & Olivia, a story of love and destiny and a stunning tribute to the September 11th Generation. Mike Tucker''s 49th book and the second volume in The Love Trilogy, this is Jake & Olivia, a beautiful love story by the only writer in our time compared to Hemingway.