Most Popular Books by Mike Tucker

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Are You Still Madly in Love Like You Were in the Early Days? Are you excited about the future of your relationship? Or are you bored, indifferent-even scared? If your relationship isn''t where you want it to be, here is some practical marriage advice from the hosts of "Mad About Marriage," Mike and Gayle Tucker. In Marriage Moments, the Tuckers offer realistic and down-to-earth insight into what makes a great relationship and how to deal with sensitive issues such as forgiveness, jealously, financial difficulties, anger, communication, illness, addiction, extramarital affairs, and much more. Remember, you and your spouse are a work in progress. You really can create the marriage of your dreams, so why not take action and get started today! Book jacket.

3 SNIPERS Deep behind enemy lines, Jed McCullough, Brian Burgess and James Street hunt the Gestapo in WWII, aided by partisans and guerrilla fighters from North Africa to France. Led by McCullough--trained in his youth in Northern New Mexico by the Jicarilla Apache on tracking and survival--the veteran British sniper Burgess and Street, a former deep cover mercenary from Australia, stand and fight against the Nazis, against all odds, employing deception and guile at every turn. A tribute to the Greatest Generation and a homage to the French Resistance, this is 3 SNIPERS, the gripping, compelling and no-holds-barred sequel to ROGUE, a riveting tale of clandestine operations in WWII and a scintillating meditation on courage and freedom. RAID, the sequel to 3 SNIPERS and volume three in The Rogue Trilogy, will be published on December 1st, 2020.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with these 8 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these books are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 1 copy of each of the following titles: The Way Between Worlds, The Hidden Fortress, The Cyber Patrol, The Path Through the Woods, The Contestants, The Last Stand, Reign of the Practari, The Rip in the Wardrobe. Each book contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice for supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a range of follow-up activities to help children develop their higher level comprehension and writing skills.

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.

FOR EMMA Volume 2, The Journey Trilogy "The best journey is the one that leads you to love." Mike Tucker On the Thai-Burmese border in December 1992, a Delta Force veteran, Declan McIntyre, discovers just how real the road less travelled is on a journey that changes his life forever. Riveted with point-black combat, FOR EMMA is the thrilling, scintillating sequel to FOR SUZANNE and a meditation on the ancient Spanish proverb that is never out of style, in every generation-love is the reason for our survival.

Inspired by the magnificent bossa nova classic "Wave" by the great Antonio Carlos Jobim and by the rugged, beautiful ancient coast near Cascais, Portugal, this is WAVE by Mike Tucker, a brilliant, compelling work of poetry and his 26th book. The only writer of his generation compared to Hemingway, Mike Tucker returns to his roots as a poet--he received Honors in Poetry in 1982 & 1983, while a young poet and writer at James Madison University--and celebrates the spirit of bossa nova in WAVE. A poet, novelist, lecturer and former mercenary, Mike Tucker is the only foreign writer in China since 1949 to lecture on the legendary guerrilla war commander and revolutionary, General Huang Hua, and was interviewed five times on the celebrated, nationwide "Poet and the Poem" radio program on the Pacifica network in America by the Poet Laureate of Maryland, Grace Cavalieri, during his apprenticeship as a poet and writer in Washington, D.C. in the early 1980s. He left America in 1992 to get his dreams as a writer and carried out extensive fieldwork in the rugged, remote highlands of Northern Thailand for his novel SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING, the first of many journeys in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Near East. Mike Tucker has lectured on America foreign policy, counterterrorism, guerrilla war, the Chinese Revolution, the origins of the Vietnam War and literature in the United States, China and Southeast Asia. The Visiting Scholar on Counterterrorism at James Madison University in fall 2006, he was on missions with American snipers in the Near East and Hindu Kush after September 11th, in the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War, and was under fire with Spanish counterterrorists in the historic Siege of the Banco Central in Barcelona in 1981. Mike Tucker''s most recent book of poetry, FIRST LIGHT, is a BEST BOOKS OF 2018 selection by the WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS. He lives in North China and Portugal.

LOVE IS A FIRE THAT NEVER DIES The Spanish have a proverb: "Love is the reason for our survival." From the beaches of Portugal to the streets of Barcelona, from the dunes of Saudi Arabia to the rivers of Asia, Mike Tucker has brought back poems that reflect that beautiful truth from Spain, and this one--love is a fire that never dies. These are poems for the one you love, and for lovers everywhere, in every generation.

ROGUE Major Jed McCullough, a US Army intelligence officer, goes rogue on the Atlantic Coast of Portugal in December 1940, on the hunt for a Gestapo spy ring in ROGUE, Mike Tucker''s thrilling, entertaining and gripping espionage thriller inspired by a legend from Portugal. The first in the Rogue Trilogy of WWII novels, ROGUE is a no-holds-barred, scintillating novel and a vivid, riveting tale of espionage, escape, romance and war.

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.

FOR VIVIENNE by Mike Tucker "There are love stories and there are love stories, and then there is For Vivienne. Mike Tucker has written some very precious love stories and I adore them all, but here he has done something so remarkable and fascinating, in For Vivienne-he''s given us a heroine with the heart of a lion and the soul of love, a woman who discovers that, as Mike Tucker says in this magnificent, beautiful love story, "Love is the cure to sorrow." A great love story, For Vivienne, very, very moving and soulful-I could not put it down." Carolina Mendes, Lisbon

Project X CODE Extra introduces more exciting adventure stories and stimulating non-fiction texts into the Project X CODE series. In this adventure in the Pyramid Peril zone, Max and Rex get lost in an underground maze. Will they find their way out? In line with the phonic, vocabulary and comprehension progression in Project X CODE, this book is ideal for additional practice outside of the core intervention sessions and for children who simply want to read more of the CODE adventure!

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.

LAWMAN "We are known forever by the tracks we leave." On the hunt for a Mafia spy inside the US government, an American federal agent takes on the mission of his life, one with profound consequences for him and a fellow WWI Marine veteran in LAWMAN, Mike Tucker''s gripping crime saga based on a true story. A riveting meditation on justice, survival and love, this is LAWMAN, a stunning tribute to the Great Depression generation in America and a ripping, provocative and point-blank thriller.

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 these 8 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these books are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 6 of each of the following titles: The Way Between Worlds, The Hidden Fortress, The Cyber Patrol, The Path Through the Woods, The Contestants, The Last Stand, Reign of the Practari, The Rip in the Wardrobe. Each book contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a range of follow-up activities to help children develop their higher level comprehension and writing skills.

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 6 copies of each of the 12 books at Grey Book Band.

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.

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.

FIRE AND RAIN In the heart of the Chinese Revolution, an American mercenary hunting Chiang Kaishek''s opium mafia finds himself on a mission that changes his life forever in FIRE AND RAIN, a raw, thrilling novel rooted in Mike Tucker''s travels among farmers, artists, fishermen and veteran guerrilla fighters on the North China Coast from February 2016 to January 2019. A book that could not be more scintillating and authentic, this is FIRE AND RAIN, a classic journey story and a must-read to understand China in our time. 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 "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.

TIME STARTS NOW Hunted by a Roman assassin, a slave in Cleopatra''s temple finds herself on a journey that changes her life forever in TIME STARTS NOW, a thrilling love story by Mike Tucker, the author of 28 books, former deep cover mercenary and the only writer in our time compared to Hemingway. Inspired by a Bedouin legend, TIME STARTS NOW is a story rich in point-blank action, a gripping and moving love story and a wild, entertaining ride. 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, London. 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, journalist & author, UNTAMED TRAVEL. Bangkok, Royal Kingdom of Thailand "RONIN, by Mike Tucker, a gripping book on Marine snipers in Iraq, is along with Ghost Wars, one of the top ten books since September 11th." Matt LaPlante, Foreign correspondent, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

The Doctor and Mel land in what appears to be an orbiting warehouse, a delivery facility with a dangerously erratic computer. Whilst Mel is helping with repairs, the Doctor begins to realise that not everything in the warehouse is as it seems. Why do no goods ever seem to leave the shelves? Why are the staff so obsessed with the stocktake? And who is the mysterious Supervisor? On the planet below, the Doctor discovers that the computer might be the least of their problems - and that they should be more concerned with the spacestation''s mould and vermin.