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.