The Hawks of Kamalon: An Interplanetary Adventure [Paperback]

Michael Reisig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1999

Great Britain, Summer 1944.

A Small squadron of British and American aircraft depart at dawn on a long-range strike into Germany, but as they cross the English Channel, the squadron vanishes.

Drawn thousands of light-years across the galaxy by Kamalon's "Sensitive Mothers," ten men and eight aircraft are greeted by a roaring crowd in a field before the provincial capitol, on the continent of Azra; a land in desperate need of champions.

Captain Ross Murdock and the 51 Squadron are cast into a whirlwind adventure of intrigue, treachery, and romance as they are "culled" back and forth across the universe, outwitting and outrunning the Germans, while they attempt to foil the invasion of Azra by the neighboring continent of Krete.

The Hawks of Kamalon is a heart-warming adventure in the classic tradition of Robert Heinlein, but it also examines the parameters of faith and friendship, the qualities that define civilization, and the width and depth of spirit.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this interplanetary adventure, in which people from our world are magically transferred to another, an agglomeration of British and American WWII aircraft, commanded by Captain Ross Murdock, is summoned across the light-years by the "Sensitive Mothers" of distant Kamalon. Soon, Murdock and his 51 Squadron find that they have overextended themselves: while providing essential air support for the people of Azra, who are faced with an invasion from their enemies of Krete, they are also trying to fend off Germans both in 1944 and on Kamalon. Reisig, a journalist and author of the novel The New Madrid Run, tries to elicit emotion by creating scenes in which soldiers are exhorted to "Fight to the last breath in our body." While his tactics are worthy of Ambrose P. Burnside, both the writing style and the depiction of women will remind readers more of Edgar Rice Burroughs. (May) FYI: New Madrid Run is being produced as a motion picture.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Summoned across the galaxy by a trio of women with powerful mental talents, a squadron of American and British airmen find themselves on a distant planet in a land called Kamalon. Caught up in a war between the peace-loving Azrans and the militaristic forces of rival Krete, Capt. Ross Murdock and his crew use their skill and courage to defend their hosts. The author of The New Madrid Run (Clear Creek, 1998) combines war in the skies with romance on the ground in an sf adventure with overtones of high fantasy. An optional purchase.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Clear Creek Pr (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885173601
• ISBN-13: 978-1885173607
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,990,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Reisig has been writing professionally for 15 years. He is an award-winning newspaper columnist and a best-selling novelist.

He is the author of seven books - an Arkansas travel guide, five novels, and an author/publisher self-help book. His works have been optioned for motion pictures, sold to overseas publishers, produced on audiocassette, and purchased for e-book production on the Internet. Reisig's books have been #1 bestsellers with Books In Motion Audiobooks, and are sold in bookstores across the nation. He has been featured in magazines such as Writer's Digest and Southern Living, and in numerous newspapers around the country.

Reisig was born in Enid, Oklahoma, in 1948. The first son of a military family, he was raised in Europe and California before moving to Florida. He attended high school and college in the Tampa Bay area. After college, he relocated to the Florida Keys, established a commercial diving business, became the company pilot as well, and traveled extensively throughout the southern hemisphere, diving, treasure hunting, adventuring, and writing about his travels. His other interests include flying, martial arts, and fishing. He presently resides in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, but still escapes to the Caribbean for adventures.

His latest novel, The Road To Key West, (released May 2010) is sure to please his readers, providing a mesmerizing combination of adventure and humor in a Caribbean setting.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun!, November 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Hawks of Kamalon: An Interplanetary Adventure (Paperback)

Action abounds in this high-flying adventure! A well-imagined plot along with superb characterizations and colorful, interesting dialogue make this novel a read you'll thoroughly enjoy. Buy this one!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare find, historical fact blended with wild sci-fi., April 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Hawks of Kamalon: An Interplanetary Adventure (Paperback)

I was fortunate to lay my hands on a pre-publication copy of "Hawks" and it cost me hours of lost sleep. I couldn't put it down. Reisig lays a solid foundation of war-torn England and the very different types of men who all but signed their own death warrants every day they took to the skies in defense of that country. Then he whisks them off to a place with different, but strangely similar troubles, of violent conflict, sacrifice, romantic love, bravery, vile evil, treachery, greed and forgiveness. It's a rollercoaster of excitement, thrills but with a message worth remembering. This book is smoother and better written than Reisig's first novel, "The New Madrid Run," and the characters have more depth and substance, but he has not lost his gift of story telling on a huge graphic scale. All of the detailed action, suspense, glory and excitment are still there. "The Hawks of Kamalon" is an action movie, sci-fi thriller, and heart-felt romance just waiting to play in your head. Reisig just keeps getting better and better!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reisig deserves more recognition and a national audience!, February 16, 2003

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coachtim (Indiana, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hawks of Kamalon: An Interplanetary Adventure (Paperback)

Let me start this review by simply saying that Michael Reisig is one of the best new storytellers that I have read in recent years! Having read his extremely impressive apocalyptic novel, "The New Madrid Run", a few years ago, I was pleased to finally find a copy of "The Hawks of Kamalon". What Reisig has created in this book is a novel of epic proportions. He has created memorable characters entwined in a gripping and thrill-a-minute plot.

Take a novel that thrusts WWII pilots from the British and US Air Force into a cosmic world located light years away, throw in battle scenes taken straight out of the Battle of Britain and The Alamo and you've got "Hawks...". The novel really takes off when the pilots are drawn through a time portal to serve as the last-ditch heroes for a nation under seige by an evil dictator. Using their WWII Spitfires and P-51's to fill the skies with bombs and bullets to protect their new friends, they soon find themselves drawn closer to these people than they expected to be. In a book filled with multiple heroes, Reisig does a fine job keeping all of the characters straight in the reader's mind while making an unbelieveable sci-fi premise, almost believeable.

"Hawks..." is a classic tale of good vs. evil and much of the action is straight out of a Clint Eastwood or John Wayne movie. The battle scenes are very graphic and create vivid word pictures. And while the "escape from the throes of death" scenes that the heroes keep surviving are more than a little far-fetched, (reminded me a lot of the Matthew Reilly books, so his fans will love "Hawks...") this is a book filled with action, romance, and energy.

Unlike many reviewers who rave about not being able to put down certain novels, I rarely have experienced that sensation. It's for that reason that I was so impressed with "Hawks...". It really is "un-put-down-able"! Here's hoping that Michael Reisig continues to write great stories like "Hawks..." and "The New Madrid Run" and begins to get the recognition on a national basis that he deserves for being a great storyteller!

HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!