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War Eagles
- Narrated by: William L. Hahn
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
Inspired by a concept by Merian C. Cooper - the creator of King Kong. Foreword by Ray Harryhausen.
Just prior to the start of WWII a publicly humiliated Army Air Corps test pilot, court-martialed for an unauthorized flight that endangered the life of President Roosevelt, takes the only job he can get - flying an experimental airplane around the world from South to North poles. When his plane is attacked and crashes in the Arctic, he finds himself in an undiscovered land inhabited by a lost tribe of Norsemen who ride giant eagles and, in a surprising turn of events, becomes America's only hope against a devastating sneak attack by the Nazis and their powerful new electromagnetic weapon.
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- Ryan Pascall
- 13-05-20
A brilliant idea poorly presented.
I was provided this book free of charge in exchange for an honest review.
I grew up on such things as Edgar Rice Burroughs and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and so the synopsis of this story really appealed to me as it read just like a Centre of the Earth tale with an unknown civilisation and a lost world. What we actually get is a really pulpy adventure tale involving dinosaurs, dog fights and evil Nazis.
Why then, you may ask, have I scored it a 3 for story? Well, the issue is not so much the story but more the writing!
There are so many scenes that should be extremely thrilling and exciting but the way it is written, means it really does fall short. A prime example is towards end when a daring battle above a zeppelin describes the battle as "The balloon tilts, another cable snaps and the section of the catwalk Brant is on jolts loose falling out of the zeppelin. Brant and Coppelman fall 30 feet below the zeppelin. Grant catches a cable . Coppelman grabs onto him." The almost complete lack of adjectives leaves the whole scene, along with so many others, extremely flat and lacking any real sense of excitement.
Another issue for me is how we learn, and experience so little about the lost land where the Vikings live. I'd love to have met other tribes in the land,maybe ones who weren't completely lacking surprise over meeting and outsider but the whole place just feels lifeless and safe.
Narration-wise, the reading is done very will and encapsulates the pulpy feel perfectly, making it all sound like one of the tales told during the golden age of radio. Unfortunately, the lack of interesting characters, and the poor, almost comic-book writing-style, means they don't really have an awful lot to work with but they do a bang-up job with what they have.
Negatives aside, what we see of the setting is really good, with the VIkings, dinosaurs and those dastardly nazis all coming together and clashing in some exciting aerial battles and I do feel that, for the right person, this would be a wonderfully exciting story.
For me though, the writing was flat and the scope far too small to really hold my interest and so I doubt I'd be listening to this one again.
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- Gina S
- 04-12-19
Unique fantasy book with an almost steampunk feel
The scenes and characters are all vividly presented and loved the different settings, from New York to the wild Arctic.
I'd would have loved if this was fleshed out into a longer novel as at time story lines wrapped up abruptly and shifted onto something else.
The narration is excellent. Really nicely paced and I also really enjoyed the added sound effects.
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- Frieda
- 09-05-20
Interesting mix of cultures
I found the mix of cultures and how they ended up working together truly interesting.
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- Emma-Claire Leonard
- 12-12-19
Good clean fun
I really enjoyed the layout of this novel as a screenplay- it really helped to get into the story. It was clearly a massive work of fiction, but I enjoyed it in the style of She and other books of that style.
I very much enjoyed the narrator and thought he gave life to the characters.
Overall worth a listen even if it’s just to hear Americans talking smack about Nazis.
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- Sebastian Lopez-Pardo
- 01-11-20
Excellent book
My congratulations to the narrator for his great performance and my congratulations to the authors of this story.
Greetings from an Argentine born in Buenos Aires and currently living in England.
Regards
Sebastian
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