Fata Morgana

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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 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."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 o