The Hawks of Kamalon

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!

I just finished reading "The Hawks of Kamalon" and I couldn't believe it was over, I wanted it to go on and on. This book was filled with adventure, romance and a lot of excitement. From the very beginning I found myself up in the planes with them flying in a deminsion where everything is different from anything else I have ever known. Through this whole book I felt that I was there with them. It is a very good book that can carry you away with it to wherever it goes and leaves you wanting more. GET THIS BOOK and you will lose a few nights sleep, not wanting to put it down. Thanks again for the adventure.

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!

Just finished reading "The Hawks of Kamalon". It is as good if not better than "The New Madrid Run". Each character has its own story and each is interwoven with the others. The further you get into the book, the harder it is to put down.

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!