True story of one mans determination, ingenuity and skill to escape from a hostile country against all odds and not give up until he was free. Tom Walker a British overland travel tour operator working in cooperation with the Turkish tourist office in London found himself trapped in Turkey with a group of 8 tourists in his care during the 1971 Turkish uprising. Martial law had been declared, the army was in control of the country and For bringing scuba diving tourists to Turkey, as leader ...

In this dystopian novel set in the 2030s, a man suffering from a gunshot wound is trying to remember what happened to him in the years since Trump got elected.Fimple is an alcoholic psychological counselor suffering from post-traumatic amnesia. As he recovers in the hospital, he tries to reconstruct his past, but can’t recognize the America his country has become.As his memory slowly returns, he realizes the hospital is owned by his half-uncle, a Trump-like corporatist who wants to run for...

Guilt and a desperate need to repent drive the antiheroes in Tom Walker’s dark (and often darkly funny) stories:A gullible journalist falls for the 40-year-old stripper he profiles in a magazine.A faithless husband abandons his family and joins a support group for lost souls.A merciless prosecuting attorney grapples with the suicide of his gay son.An aging misanthrope must make amends to five former victims.An egoistic naval hero is hau...

As reclusive Professor Emeritus George Gordon Bombazine rises at dawn on his seventieth birthday, he plans to kill himself that night. He lives with his old dog Argos; his wife has left him for another professor; his estranged son and sister despises him, and he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He knows precisely the time and place he'll suicide, yet hopes that something might happen today to make him want to go on living. As the day progresses, things do happen—sex, love, friendship...

In October 1987, on a bleak Northumbrian shore, Arnold Prestwick wakes bruised, disorientated, and alone. By the time his memory resurfaces, he knows two things for certain: a man has been murdered, and Arnold is being positioned to take the blame. What begins as a single night of violence spirals into a relentless journey through fear, grief, and political extremism at the end of the Cold War.Still shattered by the death of his wife at a peace protest, Arnold has allowed himself t...

This new memoir by renowned wildlife photographer, author, and naturalist Tom Walker shares his adventures living in Alaska for more than five decades. Wild Shots blends natural history with stories about Walker’s wide-ranging forays into the wilderness to photograph animals--beginning as a clueless "cheechako" (newcomer), but ultimately becoming a seasoned old-timer revered by many. Vivid, clear prose beautifully captures the landscape both around his home just outside of Denali ...

A new prime minister is left with a rather big problem created by her father, a former prime minister. She needs help.A friend of her knows who can help her resolve the problem. It is her past lover and the father to her now nineteen-year-old son.Having been identified as 'missing in action' and presumed dead, she is shocked to find out John is still alive despite her father telling her different.He reluctantly agrees but demands something in return that her father ...

"Walker’s writing is an invitation to travel along virtually with the peripatetic lone wolf through the heart of Alaska’s wilderness, an adventure not to be missed.."--Margaret Bauman, author of The Cordova TimesFollow one wolf’s incredible journey 2,600 miles across Alaska and CanadaOffers remarkable insights into one of the most beloved, feared, and mysterious creaturesThe Wanderer is the first book ever to chart a...

OVER THIRTY YEARS AFTER its publication, Fort Apache: New Yorks Most Violent Precinct remains the definitive account of the vicious cycle of violence that has griped urban America over the past century.A swollen head floating down the Bronx River, a junkie murdered for stealing a womans wig, a French Connection-style chase through blind alleys, police barricaded inside their precinct as a wild mob lays siege to the station and, above all, mindless violence that seemed to erupt in p...

A fourth-generation New York cop whose great-grandfather was on the force during the Civil War Draft Riots of 1863, and author of Fort Apache: New Yorks Most Violent Precinct, Tom Walker delivers another eye-opening look at the life of being a cop in the Bronx. In this ambitious novel based on events from his familys history, Hugh Ryan, a proud third-generation New York police officer, runs up against the most difficult challenge of his career: battling the institution that has sustained h...

In this first collection of writings,Tom Walker, has gleaned the best from his award-winning Key West Citizen newspaper column "View from the Hammock" tracing nearly a decade through topics like parenthood, hurricane survival, Key Wests fascination with author Ernest Hemingway, the islands annual bacchanal known as "Fantasy Fest," exercise and an unsuccessful campaign bid for mayor of Key West. Other stuff too. In case youre still not convinced, many celebrities have read and endorse "View...

This is not fiction. This is the true story of how a former New York City Police Captain of Detectives used his extensive knowledge of the deductive methods of Sherlock Holmes to provide the FBI and other agencies with break the case clues to some of the most baffling and horrific criminal cases of the last half century.Not only does the author provide break the case clues to The Unabomber, BTK Killer, and Son of Sam cases, but on the Anthrax Killer case he has uncovered a secret c...