Bøger af Mike Tucker

For over half a century the world has been kept safe from alien invasion by the tireless work of UNIT - the Unified Intelligence Taskforce. Finally, that story has been uncovered. From the early days working in secret under the command of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to the new, modern UNIT organisation under the leadership of his daughter Kate, this secret history exposes the many threats ranged against our world - and how UNIT has saved humanity time and again. Carefully curated from the top-secret, maximum-security heart of UNIT itself, this never-before-seen account includes declassified case files spanning five decades, technical schematics of recovered alien technology, previously unreleased press reports and testimony from UNIT personnel who witnessed events first hand. Featuring plenty of input from the Fifteenth Doctor himself, The Gold Archive stands as the ultimate guide to Earth's invasions.

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.

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.

THINGS OF THIS EARTHa 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 bornand a world to carry on, to carry on."Laura NyroAn 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 fantastic love story, For Vivienne, will launch on Amazon on August 10, 2022 and his next novel, The Long Ride, inspired by a Civil War legend, will launch on Amazon on November 10, 2022.

CLANDESTINE "Moses is in Egypt. And he's your Moses, mate. Your wife is a little worried? Tell her there's a reason James Bond works for us." "The threat is real. We are looking at 20,000+ dead in Hamburg. Get all our deep covers up in Europe, now."> Mike Tucker, from CLANDESTINE In the heart of Northern Saudi Arabia, British Secret Intelligence Service clandestine operatives hunting Islamic State financiers take on a mission that has profound consequences for Europe, the Near East and America in CLANDESTINE, a thrilling, politically-charged novella that could not be more urgent, compelling or provocative. A riveting tale of espionage and intrigue, this is CLANDESTINE by Mike Tucker, a counterterrorism specialist on the Arabian Peninsula for seven years and the only writer who was with American snipers in both the Near East and the Hindu Kush after September 11th. 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. "CHINATOWN is a quick read, a wild tirade, and a historical investigation all at once. In that it ties Trump to some of our worst international impulses over 100 years of history is an achievement. And it does so with fire." Will Layman, jazz musician, critic and educator. Washington, D.C.

3 SNIPERS Deep behind enemy lines, Jed McCullough, Brian Burgess and James Street hunt the Gestapo, aided by guerrilla fighters and Allied spies from North Africa to France. 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 11th, 2020.

FOR SUZANNE Volume 2, The Journey Trilogy "And when I die, and when I'm gone, there'll be one child bornand a world to carry on, to carry on." Laura NyroAn 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.

FIRST LIGHT "There are no old roads to new destinations . . . follow your road." Mike Tucker A stunning work of poetry, FIRST LIGHT is a brilliant meditation on journeys of the heart--as Mike Tucker says in FIRST LIGHT, "You are the answer to your own dreams/Have the courage to live them." Inspired by his journeys in Europe, the Near East, the Hindu Kush, Southeast Asia and North China, FIRST LIGHT is a fresh, compelling meditation on gratitude and a point-blank assault on Trump by Mike Tucker, the only writer who was on missions with American snipers in both the Near East and Hindu Kush after September 11th: "Stand for an America where three year old children do not stand crying and alone, ripped from the arms of their mothers and fathers, in tears and in rags, scarred for life now because Trump only cares about three things-- money, money and money-- Stand against Trump and take a stand for America, Ride with justice and you will never ride alone." 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.

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

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.

"We did not defeat the Nazis in order to lose to the jihadis. Strike and kill the ratpunk jihadi motherfuckers 24/7, we never close. Take the bastards down. Fight and win a clandestine war. Kill the jihadis, now." MIKE TUCKER "There is only one law of war in the Near East: Last man standing. . . Jihad is not a part of Western culture. Jihad has been the enemy of the West since the First Islamic Crusades, in Europe, when jihadis conquered nearly all of the Iberian Peninsula with sword and fire, and raided France and Italy. Radical Islamic values are NOT Western values. And life ain't worth living without jazz, whiskey and women. Kill the jihadis, kill them dead and kill them now. Take the bastards down. Permanently." MIKE TUCKER KILL THE JIHADIS is a riveting, provocative and compelling global counterterrorism strategy to defeat and destroy Daesh (Islamic State), Al Qaeda, Lashkar E Taiba and all jihadi terrorists. The most point-blank and no holds barred critical analysis of the Pentagon/CIA's "Long War" strategy that has failed since September 11th, 2001, KILL THE JIHADIS calls for a Declaration of War on Daesh and all jihadis, with shoot to kill authority at all times, and rips the lid off of America's unofficial agreement with Saudi Arabia that led to the tragedy of September 11th--the "No US Covert Ops" policy, vice Saudi Arabia. KILL THE JIHADIS reveals exclusive counterterrorism operations that provide a template for America and the West to stop jihadi terrorists dead in their tracks, before they can load a Kalashnikov, before they can strap on a suicide belt, before they can drive a suicide bomb vehicle and before they can communicate with any other jihadis, to plan and execute jihadi terrorist assaults. The Islamic State jihadi terrorist slaughterhouse assault on Paris on November 13, 2015 did not have to happen, just as September 11th was not inevitable. KILL THE JIHADIS states plainly and clearly that Islamic State has a mother and a father--the mother of Islamic State jihadis is Jihad and the father of Islamic State jihadis is Saudi Arabia. Until there is a complete and total Islamic Reformation that renounces JIHAD completely and removes JIHAD from the Koran, as Mike Tucker argues eloquently in the most direct, thorough and critical analysis of the failure of America and the West to defeat and destroy jihadis since September 11th, the West will continue to be at war with Jihad--a war that the first jihadis began in the 6th Century A.D. KILL THE JIHADIS--kill the jihadis dead, kill them now and declare war on Daesh and all jihadis. As Mike Tucker says, "We did not defeat the Nazis in order to lose to the jihadis. We did not liberate Paris in August 1944 from the Nazis in order for the jihadis to massacre people of all faiths in Paris in 2015. And my generation did not win the Cold War in order to lose this one. Kill the jihadis. Now."

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 I didn't bleed in Afghanistan to see our people get killed by terrorists stateside." from EAST RIVER @2021, Mike Tucker A young, beautiful and wicked-smart lady fluent in four languages, Bette Svensson, 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, Tommy Maguire, born and raised in Hell's 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 in 2021; Jean Claude Moulin, a savvy, tough 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, QAnon 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.

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.

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.

FOR EMMA Volume 3, The Journey Trilogy "The best journey is the one that leads 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.

First-ever oral history of an entire Marine scout-sniper platoon.

Here on Saturn, it literally rains diamonds. For over fifteen years the crew of Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27 has been extracting diamonds from deep within the atmosphere of Saturn, diamonds that help to fund the ever-expanding Human Empire. But when a mining operation goes wrong, a rescue mission must be launched to save a worker lost overboard, a worker who claims that he has seen something amongst the swirling clouds. Something that can t possibly exist.When the Doctor and Bill arrive, they immediately find themselves caught between hostile miners, suspicious security guards and corrupt company officials as they face accusations of sabotage and diamond theft.And below them, in the crushing atmosphere of the gas giant, something is starting to rise.An original novel featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Bill as played by Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie.

To become the dominant species in the universe. The Dalek Combat Training Manual collates intelligence gathered by Time Lords over centuries of raging wars through time and space, and is invaluable to anyone engaging the Daleks in battle.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible independent reading journey with these 8 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. This pack contains 6 copies of each of the 8 books at Dark Red + Book Band.

A collection of twelve illustrated adventures packed with terrifying Doctor Who monsters and villains. It also features a frightening nemesis for the Doctor to face, and appearances from favourite friends and companions such as Sarah Jane, Jo, Ace and Donna. Each story stars an incarnation of the Doctor on a brand new adventure in time and space.

Well, I doubt you ll ever see a bigger insect. Gabby Nichols is putting her son to bed when she hears her daughter cry out. Mummy there s a daddy longlegs in my room! Then the screaming starts Kevin Alperton is on his way to school when he is attacked by a mosquito. A big one. Then things get dangerous. But it isn t the dead man cocooned inside a huge mass of web that worries the Doctor. It isn t the swarming, mutated insects that make him nervous. With the village cut off from the outside world, and the insects becoming more and more dangerous, the Doctor knows that unless he can decode the strange symbols engraved on an ancient stone circle, and unravel a mystery dating back to the Second World War, no one is safe.

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.

Idyllic Strellin is recorded as a Grade Three planet, landings by off-worlders are strictly prohibited. Unless, of course, those off-worlders are officials of the Galactic Census itself, come to investigate the origin of a mysterious sub-space signal.

Project X CODE Extra introduces more exciting adventure stories and stimulating non-fiction texts into the Project X CODE series, to provide additional practice outside of the core intervention sessions. In this adventure in the Pyramid Peril zone, Max and Rex get lost in an underground maze. Will they find their way out?

An unabridged reading of this original novel featuring the Seventh Doctor, as played on TV by Sylvester McCoy, and Ace in an encounter with the Cybermen. The Blitz is at its height. As the Luftwaffe bomb London, Cody McBridge, ex-pat American private eye, sees a sinister silver sphere crash-land. He glimpses something emerging from within. The military dismiss his account of events - the sphere must be a new German secret weapon that has malfunctioned. What else could it be? Arriving amid the chaos, the Doctor and Ace embark on a trail that brings them face to face with hidden Nazi agents and some very old enemies... Duration: 8 hours approx.

Project X Origins Graphic Texts can help children to reach higher standards in comprehension. Birdy and the micro-friends must save the world's first pendulum clock from the Tick-Tock Man, but how can they when it's not even finished? Will they be able to complete the clock before they are erased from history?