Fata Morgana

by Steven R. Boyett, Ken Mitchroney

Overview

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 eastern Germany when everything goes sideways. The bombs are still falling and flak is still exploding all around the 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.Fata Morgana-the epic novel of love and duty at war across the reach of time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504757447
Publisher:	Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:	06/13/2017
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Steven R. Boyett's (steveboy.com) novels include the fantasy classic Ariel, Elegy Beach, and Mortality Bridge. He wrote a draft of Toy Story 2 for Pixar/Disney, and created the groundbreaking online music series Podrunner and Groovelectric. He has been a professional martial arts instructor, paper marbler, advertising copywriter, proofreader, writing teacher, website designer & editor, chapbook publisher, and DJ who has played in major cities and at Burning Man. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

Ken Mitchroney's film and television credits include director, head of story, director of photography, and storyboard artist on The Lego Movie, The Ant Bully, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., and many more. His comic book work includes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Adventures. He is an official artist for the Ed "Big Daddy" Roth estate and illustrator for the Oakland A's. He has been a professional race-car driver, and is currently on the team restoring Ward Kimball's vintage locomotive collection at the Southern California Railway Museum. He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles.

Ken Mitchroney's (facebook.com/Ratfink) film and television credits include director, head of story, director of photography, and storyboard artist on Storks, The Lego Movie, The Ant Bully, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., The Annoying Orange Show, Mighty Magiswords, and more. His comic illustration includes Ren & Stimpy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Myth Conceptions, and creating the influential Space Ark. He is an official artist for the Ed "Big Daddy" Roth estate, and official illustrator for the Oakland Athletics and at one time the Baltimore Orioles. Mitchroney has been a professional race-car driver and pinstriper, and restores and runs vintage locomotives. He is currently involved with the restoration of the Ward Kimball collection at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, California. He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles.

MacLeod Andrews is an actor, voice actor, and audiobook narrator. He has narrated dozens of audiobooks, earning eleven AudioFile Earphones Awards and placing as a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. He is a company member of Rising Phoenix Repertory in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

ProloguePart oneChapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter FiveChapter SixPart TwoChapter SevenChapter EightChapter NineChapter TenChapter ElevenChapter TwelveChapter ThirteenChapter FourteenChapter FifteenChapter SixteenChapter SeventeenChapter EighteenChapter NineteenChapter TwentyChapter Twenty OneChapter Twenty TwoChapter Twenty FourChapter Twenty ThreeChapter Twenty FiveChapter Twenty SixChapter Twenty SevenChapter Twenty EightChapter Twenty NineChapter ThirtyChapter Thirty OneChapter Thirty TwoChapter Thirty ThreeChapter Thirty FourChapter Thirty SixChapter Thirty SevenChapter Thirty EightChapter Thirty NineChapter FortyPart 3Chapter Forty-OneChapter Forty-TwoEpilogue

Editorial Reviews

Boyett and Mitchroney have the sense to forgo Hollywood predictability…A worthy adventure.

The New York Times Book Review - N. K. Jemisin

03/13/2017
Writer Boyett and film director Mitchroney team up for this fast-paced alternate-world tale that opens at the height of WWII. Capt. Joe Farley and the crew of Fata Morgana, a B-17 “flying fortress,” are in the midst of a harrowing bombing mission when they’re hurled across time and space into a strange new world. Once there, they must adapt to their environment while fighting off villains wielding centuries-old destructive technology. The prose is energetic, combining some of the gentler wit of Catch-22 with riffs on dystopian fiction clichés. Boyett and Mitchroney elevate the pulpy vibe with unusual and fully developed protagonists. The fated-romance plotline is familiar to the point of triteness, but it only drags the rest of the story down a bit. Fans of fun SF will enjoy this tale in the tradition of Forstchen and Morrison’s Crystal Warriors books and Taylor Anderson’s Destroyermen series. Agent: Richard Curtis, Richard Curtis Associates. (June)

Publishers Weekly

Narrator MacLeod Andrews enhances this audiobook featuring a WWII bomber crew and the remnants of a decimated society. Captain Joseph Farley and his Flying Fortress crew fly through a wormhole in the midst of a mission and find themselves in a decimated land. After coaxing down their damaged plane, they’re rescued by local soldiers. Andrews has the vocal chops to handle both the diverse group of airmen and the members of an advanced society who are struggling to survive. With a mix of accents, Andrews creates a distinctive and enjoyable cast of characters in this sci-fi thriller, which will make people think about the unintended consequences of war. D.E.M. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2017 - AudioFile