Bob Mayer grew up in New York City and is a NY Times Bestselling author and graduate of West Point. He was an Infantry platoon leader, a Battalion Scout platoon leader and Brigade recon platoon leader in the First Cav Division. Then he joined Special Forces and commanded a Green Beret A-Team as well as other special duty assignments. He’s had over 75 books published and sold over 5 million, including the #1 series The Green Berets, Shadow Warriors, Area 51, Atlantis and the Time Patrol. Having traveled the world, including living in the Orient where he earned a black belt, and on an island off the east coast of the US and one off the west coast, in the Rockies and Smokies and places in between, he now lives peacefully with his wife and dogs. He previously wrote under multiple pen names including Robert Doherty, Greg Donegan, Joe Dalton and Bob McGuire. Download his free Readers Guide for a list of all his titles and links.
2. For over three decades, writing under five
different names, Bob Mayer has penned over
80 books in a wide array of genres.
He’s hit bestseller lists in thriller, science
fiction, romance, historical fiction, suspense
and non-fiction.
He is one the premier multi-genre authors in
the world.
3. He has finally consolidated all his books under his
own name.
He is a New York Times bestselling author, a
graduate of West Point and former Green Beret.
He’s sold over 7 million books.
He was born in the Bronx and has traveled the
world. He’s lived on an island off the east coast,
an island off the west coast, in the Rocky
Mountains, the Smoky Mountains and other
places, including time in East Asia studying
martial arts. They haven’t caught him yet.
http://www.bobmayer.com/
4. Following is a brief overview of his various series,
stand-alone books and non-fiction.
Most books are in Kindle Unlimited.
Some are permanently free. He also rotates in free
and discounted books daily
at:
http://bobmayer.com/freebies/
5. His Reader’s Guide is
free in eBook on all
eBook platforms:
AMAZON
KOBO
APPLE BOOKS
BARNES & NOBLE (NOOK)
6. He has over fifty titles on audio. You can listen to
one for free if you are new to Audible.
Here is the direct link to his Audible page:
https://adbl.co/357x05e
8. #1 Science Fiction bestseller on Amazon
multiple times.
The Area 51 series has been written over the
course of 25 years. It rewrites the history of
mankind from before the rise of civilization
into the future.
There will be more books in this series.
The screenplay has been written by one of
the originators of the Alien franchise.
9. Test the first book of the series, Eyes of the Hammer for free. HERE.
10. The Green Beret series consists of thrillers
based on Bob’s Special Operations
background.
The first six books feature Dave Riley.
The next three feature Horace Chase.
The most recent feature Will Kane.
They were optioned by Dan Curtis who made
Winds of War, War and Remembrance and
Dark Shadows.
11. New York City. 1970s.
Jack Reacher meets the Equalizer
One of the top five new series of the year in 2021.
http://bobmayer.com/fiction/
12. The Will Kane books start out in New York
City in the dark days of the late 1970s. Will
Kane is an enigmatic character who walks
the streets helping those who need it.
A combat veteran of Vietnam, he has
Aspergers which makes his interactions with
others interesting.
But one thing he is very good at:
Killing.
13. The Atlantis Series
A #1 Science Fiction bestseller on US and UK Amazon.
“Spell-binding! Will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Call it techno-thriller, call it science fiction, call it just
terrific story-telling.” Terry Brooks, #1 NY Times
Bestselling author of the Shannara series and Star Wars
Phantom Menace
14. The Atlantis series is based on the premise:
What if Atlantis was real?
And what if the force that destroyed it has
comes back to threaten our present world?
This series leaps back and forth in time as
our planet marshals forces across time to
defeat that force.
16. The Psychic Warrior series is based on a real
program Bob was affiliated with in 10th
Special Forces, originally called Jedi Warrior,
but then re-named Trojan Warrior.
The film Men Who Stare at Goats was partly
based on the same program.
What if warfare is taken to the virtual plane,
but then the avatars can come into the real
world at distant locations?
17. Amazon
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Two science fiction thrillers. The Rock was reviewed by Publishers Weekly as “the
best combination of science fiction and thriller this year!
I, Judas questions the issue of what will happen if the Apocalypse appears to be upon
us? Who is right and who is wrong? And what if everyone is wrong?
18. Co-Written with Jennifer Crusie
Romantic Suspense, with a heavy dash of humor. Agnes & the Hitman
was voted one of the top 100 Romances of the past decade by readers.
20. For More Information click on covers
The Complete Writer is four books at discount in
one bundle.
21. The Novel Writer’s Toolkit is the result of
decades of experience as a writer.
Write It Forward is focused on all those
things no one tells you as a writer.
22. “A book to inspire, instruct and challenge the
writer in everyone.”
#1 NY Times Best-Selling Author Susan Wiggs
"Whatever Bob Mayer has to tell us about
writing is something we should know. His
Toolkit proves an
invaluable resource for beginning and seasoned
writers alike. Don't miss out."
#1 NY Times Best-Selling Author Terry Brooks
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24. The Jefferson Allegiance was a #2 national bestseller
at Barnes and Noble.
These are present-day thrillers heavily steeped in
history.
The Jefferson Allegiance is based on the premise that
Jefferson and Hamilton feared an imperial presidency
and combined to write a secret document to deal with
that. Today, two factions battle to find the document
with their own goals in mind.
The Kennedy Endeavor is connected to the Cuban
Missile Crisis and secret negotiations that finally come
to light with a terrifying threat to our world today.
25. The Shadow Warrior Series
These are stand alone titles and don’t need to be read in order.
26. Section Eight is an updated Dirty Dozen.
The Gate posits Japan completed a nuclear
weapon during WWII and the result still lies
at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Line is about a coup led by West Pointers,
an updated Seven Days in May.
Omega Missile is based on the fact one missile
holds all the launch codes. What if terrorists
launch it?
Omega Sanction is a story of biological
warfare that rings more true than ever.
27. Who polices the world of covert operations?
“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by
a bodyguard of lies.” Winston Churchill
Lost Girls was considered for option by George Clooney’s production
company.
29. The Burners series are post-apocalyptic
thrillers based on a future where everyone
knows their death-day. And over 98% are
burners who will die at roughly 25 years.
They work hard, party hard and die young.
But what if it’s all a lie?
31. Duty, Honor, Country is a series based on
something Bob had to memorize as a plebe at
West Point: the fact that in 60 major battles
of the Civil War, West Pointers commanded
both sides in 55.
The series starts in 1843 at the Academy
with U.S. Grant, Longstreet, Sherman, Pickett
and others, two fictional cadets march
through history at their side to the Mexican
War, between the wars, and into the Civil
War.
If you’ve seen the HBO miniseries Rome, this
is the same format.
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33. The Green Beret Preparation and Survival
Guide might be the most important book Bob
has written. It’s designed with ordinary
people in mind, walking them through what
they need to do to be properly prepared and
how to deal with emergencies and disasters.
The Area Study Workbook is a new
companion to the Guide that walks you
through studying your situation and focusing
your preparation.
34. Nightstalkers Series
“When I was flying around with my team in black helicopters we
wondered who the other guys flying around in them were?
Nightstalkers are the elite Special Ops unit that take care of the
things that go bump in the night; and worse. They correct the
mistakes of scientists. They’re also a little bit crazy and a long way
outside the bell curve, and not necessarily on the good end. And in
Time Patrol, they transition from being Nightstalkers to becoming
the Time Patrol.”
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36. Our timeline is being attacked. If the Shadow
can change enough events on the same day,
different years, they can wipe us out.
The Time Patrol’s mission is to keep our
timeline intact.
Each book has six missions into our past, on
the same day in different years to make that
so.
If you love history, this series is for you.
“Quantum Leap on steroids!”
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Bob has over 200 free slideshows on a variety of
topics, primarily preparation and survival. The links to
them on Slideshare are here:
http://bobmayer.com/workshops/