A new original story by Debbie Bishop & Carl Macek — inspired by an unrealized idea from Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong . Foreword by stop-motion animation icon Ray Harryhausen. On the eve of World War II, Captain Jan-Peter “J.P.” Brandt is a man with nothing left to lose. Once one of the Army Air Corps’ most daring test pilots, his career — and reputation — are destroyed when an unauthorized flight nearly ends in tragedy for President Roosevelt. Court-martialed, disgraced, and branded “Wrong-Way Brandt” in the headlines, he’s offered one last chance at the sky: fly an experimental aircraft on an unprecedented route from the South Pole to the North. Somewhere over the Arctic, that chance vanishes in an instant. An attack — part mechanical sabotage, part primal fury from the sky — sends Brandt and his crew plunging into a place no map records: a hidden realm where time forgot . Here, a lost tribe of Norse warriors rides giant eagles through valleys stalked by prehistoric beasts. Here, legends breathe — and war is coming. In this new telling, Bishop and Macek weave meticulous research into the adventure — from authentic 1930s aviation technology and the dazzling pavilions of the 1939 New York World’s Fair, to documented Nazi movements and secret weapons programs of the era. Every scene pulses with the tension of real history colliding with high-adventure spectacle. The Vikings’ next enemy is unlike any they’ve faced: the Nazis, armed with a terrifying new electromagnetic weapon and poised for a devastating sneak attack on America. To stop them, Brandt must unite ancient warriors who have never ventured outside their hidden island, with modern ingenuity in an impossible alliance, leading to a final, high-stakes aerial battle above the skyline of New York City. War Eagles soars as a cinematic blend of wartime intrigue, lost-world wonder, and pulse-pounding aerial combat — an epic journey where a globally disgraced pilot unites a lost tribe of Norse warriors who ride giant eagles in a desperate fight against Nazis determined to annihilate America. Top reviews from the United States "WOW!!! A lost civilization of eagle-riding Vikings! Dinosaurs! Evil Nazis! And a thrilling battle in the skies above New York City with the fate of the World at stake, no less!!! What's not to love!!!" "Back in the late 1930s, the director of King Kong started planning War Eagles as his next block buster film. Then World War II intervened and the project languished for decades. It helps to know this background to fully appreciate this novel. It’s a big cinematic adventure waiting to find the screen. The heroes are larger than life, but more importantly, the images are bigger and more vivid than the mighty King Kong who reinvented the silver screen. And what are those images you may ask? Nazis developing super-science weapons for a sneak attack on America, Viking warriors riding gargantuan eagles in a time-forgotten land of dinosaurs, and of course, those same Vikings fighting Nazis over the skyline of New York City." "This book is a heck of a lot of fun. Narrator William L. Hahn pulls out all the stops adding theatrical sound effects to his wide repertoire of voices which adds a completely appropriate cinematic feel to the entire story. If you’re looking for some genuinely heroic fantasy, you should try War Eagles." "I enjoyed this book! It was like a radio show from the forties! A bit of reality with fiction tossed in. A man is dimissed from the Aircor for crashing a plane. On his way out of this meeting he is hired by a company to fly for them. Of course he saves the world!"