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The Narrow Path series is a fantasy adventure featuring a 16^th century widower, driven near madness through grief, and three adopted children who embark on a quest to rid the world of an evil that has been growing for several thousand years. On one level, we will be swept up in a fast-moving cat and mouse game with an eccentric fallen angel who is tired of the war and is now willing to risk everything to kill his nemesis, the Great Bear.

On a deeper level, a new physics has been woven through “The Song of the Bear.” It also reunites us with an old friend and introduces us to the narrow path which lets us experience a poetic life by finding harmony with this world through a journey.

Book two, “A Ship Called Eros”, started as a project for a breast cancer patient of mine who needed hope for the tough days ahead. I modeled portions of the book on her life so that she could see herself in the story. It asks the question, what would life look like if we were totally free? What would it feel like to be all in, in a poetic journey where everything you do and see has deep meaning? The book was a great comfort to my patient. Her life was also deeply moved by “The Song of the Bear” and she lived her final days running the narrow path with the sun on her face and a song in her heart.

The final book, “The Lake of Fire”, gives us a feel for what the next life will be like. I give the clearest vision of heaven I have seen, written for my children so that they could find hope during dark times. As for hell, if you are a Dante fan, we will give you a run for your money!

Dive into the narrow path and I guarantee an emotional roller coaster where you will be pumping your fist in triumph one moment and shedding tears the next. If you are not careful, a deeper author may touch your heart in ways I could not have imagined. My readers have shared this experience with me and it is beautiful. 

The most popular quote with the readers is, “Do not linger John . . . the narrow path only goes forward and it stops for no one.”

Praise for this Series

EXTRACT from The Song of the Bear

CHAPTER 1 

Sixteen Centuries Later, in the Black Forest of Germania 

John stood in an open field, watching the evening fog weave through the wall of trees marking the edge of safety. He stood tall, just shy of seven feet, with shoulders as broad as those of an ox. His heavy arms, built strong and hard from a life of labor on the farm, hung loose at his sides. Coal-black hair flecked with grey swayed to a somber rhythm on his shoulders. It wafted across a heavy black beard with a hint of red that had woven itself into years of neglected growth. 

He took a deep breath. The air was damp with the promise of spring, and the musk of winter leaves fallen long ago filled his nostrils. In the distance, a shape appeared and then vanished like a shadow, moving along the edge of the forest circling the meadow. 

John could feel the heaviness of his boots in the wet ground, and his stomach churned as he tried to turn and run-but he could not. His black trousers and work vest encased him as if he were wrapped in iron wrought from the depths of the earth. His white shirt billowed in the breeze as if to feign the movement he could not muster. 

The moon made the fog at the edge of the trees glow. And through those fallen clouds, the head of a great bear slowly emerged. The muscles on its face rippled like waves on the ocean. He was three times the size of any bear that John had ever seen. His legs reminded John of tree trunks. He met the bear’s eyes with his own, his feet frozen to the ground by fear. He felt naked. Barely able to breathe, he felt his heart torn between …….

The books are available on Amazon in Kindle and Paperback formats.

Book One of the Narrow Path Series: The Song of the Bear

The Song of the Bear is intended as a therapeutic fiction, which is amply accomplished. As an oncologist and novice philosopher, Dr. Mark Tungesvik noticed his patients needed a bridge from the shock and despair of finding out they had cancer, to the hope of a new life. After over a decade of supporting his patients both physical and spiritually, Dr. Tungesvik wrote this book to capture the essence of moving out of a dark and challenging place to a reality where hope can be found. This story begins with John, a man driven close to madness from grief after the death of his wife. We take John’s hand as we walk with him through his grief as our reality begins to meld with his. As we follow John, we are swept into an adventure where nothing is as it seems. We must relearn our reality with John piece by piece. We are asked to trust in the narrow path – a path that only reveals a short distance ahead and promises certain death if we slow down or turn back.

Book Two of the Narrow Path Series: A Ship Called Eros

Do you wake up in the morning with an excited feeling that you are living your life to the fullest? If you had no limitations would your present life be the one you would choose to live? If not, then what is holding you back? Is it your circumstances . . . or is it something else?
Join Redd as he breaks free from a life of illusion in the city of ash. Find courage deep within yourself as he does when he brakes the chains of bondage in his life and begins to live the adventure that is his life.
Join Raven as she is healed from the wounds of a broken past and is set on a course of renewal.
When you join the crew of the Eros, you will brave many dangers and be transformed as they have been. If you are not careful, you may find something deep within yourself that you did not know was there. Feel the adventure of fully living in every moment and then live the adventure that is your life with a heart bursting with anticipation.

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Book Three of the Narrow Path Series: Lake of Fire

What will we experience after we walk through the doorway that is death? Some say that we will be given new bodies with limitless power – the power to call on nature to do our bidding. Travel to a remote island in the Atlantic in the 1600’s this transformation has already happened to a small community hidden from the world. Follow Uru as he discovers what it means to be fully human and the cost demanded for that transformation. Experience life as it was meant to be experienced from the very beginning. Enter into a quest with Uru and his friends as they set out to destroy the last of the demonic black trees of Kytan. Follow Mary the valiant as she descends into the redemptive fires of Hell. Explore with her its many layers – all of which lead to the lake of fire that she must enter into if she is to acquire the power necessary to defeat the tree of despair. Along the way there will be demonic monsters to slay and unexpected friends to be made. If you have ever wondered what life will be like after death the answers are only the turn of a page away.

Get to Know Mark Tungesvik

Mark Tungesvik was born in a small town in Iowa. He received a bachelor’s degrees in religion and psychology and then went on to law school at the University of Iowa and received his juris doctorate.  He practiced law for 4 years and then went on to medical school at the University Missouri and recieved his MD.  He has been practicing medical oncology in Columbia Missouri for 20 years.  He has been married to his wife Nathalie for 37 wonderful years.  He has 3 children and 5 grandchildren.  When he is not playing with his grandchildren he enjoys golfing, skiing, and traveling.  He loves to cook.  He loves reading fantasy fiction and theological works.  His favorite author is CS Lewis.