Fata Morgana—the epic novel of love and duty at war across the reach of time.At the height of the air war in Europe, Captain Joe Farley and the baseball-loving, wisecracking crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress Fata Morgana are in the middle of a harrowing bombing mission over East Germany when everything goes sideways. The bombs are still falling and flak is still exploding all around the 20-ton … 20-ton bomber as it is knocked like a bathtub duck into another world.
Suddenly stranded with the final outcasts of a desolated world, Captain Farley navigates a maze of treachery and wonder—and finds a love seemingly decreed by fate—as his bomber becomes a pawn in a centuries-old conflict between remnants of advanced but decaying civilizations. Caught among these bitter enemies, a vast power that has brought them here for its own purposes, and a terrifying living weapon bent on their destruction, the crew must use every bit of their formidable inventiveness and courage to survive.
“With Fata Morgana, Steven Boyett and Ken Mitchroney have created a work that defies categorization, unless that category is “engrossing, brilliant story-telling.” They breathe life into the past and the future, in a book that manages to be both thought-provoking and thrilling. I loved it!” -Jan Burke, New York Times best-selling author of Bones and The Messenger
“Gripping adventure stuff: a perfect updating of a classic mode of science fictional storytelling, modernized without losing any of the charm of those old, glorious war novels.”
-Cory Doctorow, New York Times best-selling author of Walkaway
“Action, adventure, cool speculative events, well-drawn characters, and an ending that sticks the landing: Fata Morgana pushes all my happy buttons.” — John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author
“The twists, turns, and adrenaline never stop flowing in Fata Morgana. You will be transported to another world in more ways than one. Easily one of the hardest hitting science fiction books of 2017!” — Nicholas Sansbury Smith, USA Today bestselling author of Hell Divers
“So gripping and real it felt as if it were logged just minutes after landing. Fata Morgana is squarely in the ranks of the most classic and ingenious science fiction—a masterwork of purest cinema, relentlessly charming and inventive to the end.” — Chris Sanders, director of Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon
“A rip-roaring adventure full of heart, duty, and sacrifice, Fata Morgana is a perfect combination of historical-novel authenticity and space-opera splendor. I couldn’t put it down, and the ending made me cry.” — Brooke Johnson, author of the Chroniker City series
“Fata Morgana is genre-bending, epic, and wholly original: an unexpected, fascinating page-turner.” —Lee Kelly, author of A Criminal Magic and City of Savages
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Overall good story.
Pretty good read fun and entertaining
its ok I lost interest about half way throw it.
I love how the interactions of the crew mirror the real-life wit of an aviation crew heading into danger.
Pretty good read
Pretty good sci-fi, easy to read, entertaining.
Nice redux on WWII air warfare. I have friends whose fathers flew in the Superforts and Mitchells. The ones who came back came back with a fist wrapped around the experience with a grip so tight that almost nothing was permitted to leak into consciousness. Nice to think about some escape into a sci-fi happy ending. The story will take you back if you let it. Like a black and white movie, running a few frames a second too slowly. Good job gentlemen. Thanks for the memories.
The book started very well but just seemed to fade as the story progressed. I quit about 2/3 of the way through.
Fast-paced read with an interesting twist on a time-travel premise. Worth the time.
Great story
Well written entertaining WWII novel with a original twist.
Great historically based novel with interesting twists.
Well written and engaging storyline and characters. It’s a good read.
Fun read with a touch of mostly accurate history and a couple of unusual plot and character twists. Enjoyed it so much I had to read most of it in one sitting.
Great read, enjoyed the WW2 what if scenario.
recommended
Started off good, but half way through, and it is getting VERY slow.
This, basically, a Wizard of Oz book: Get slung into a place (time, in this book) you don’t want to be, and all you want to do is get home again. A bit is added about saving the world “as we know it,” which does add a little more interest to it. It comes down to “good guys” vs “bad guys”. It reads quickly, does not have too many grammar errors in it (it would be nice if authors would learn the difference between “take” and “bring”, and the correct form is “to try to…” and not “to try and…”). The “getting into the bad place” was reasonably well done (certainly no worse than using a hurricane), but the return trip was hokey.
Biggest fault was the use of plastic in a civilization which does not have the resources to produce it. The author needed to research just how much energy and material is needed for plastics.
All in all, it was fun to read.
The FATA MORGANA is a fantastic read. It has a great cast of real “characters”. But knowing men in combat it may be more realistic…in its own reality. I do not want to ruin the ending, but it has the ultimate paradox of any altered reality/time travel tale.
Enjoy.
It will keep you endauged. But gòing back in time confufes me Still I would give it a good rating.