War Eagles Is a Fantasy Adventure Kaiju Novel by Carl Macek, based on a script by King Kong creator Merian C. Cooper.
Set just before World War II the story follows J.P. Brandt, an American Air Force pilot who is publicly humiliated and court-martialed after a stunt in a plane goes wrong, which endangers President Roosevelt. Despite this, he is able to get a job to pilot a plane from the North to the South Pole. However, during the journey the plane is attacked by a Giant White Eagle, resulting in Brandt and the Crew crashing onto an undiscovered island with living dinosaurs, strange creatures, and a tribe of Vikings who ride giant eagles.
After Brandt befriends the Vikings and manages to tame the island's apex predator, the legendary White Eagle who brought down his plane, naming him "Lindy", he discovers that the Nazis are planning to attack the United States with a new superweapon and Brandt and Lindy have to rally the Vikings to fight them.
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- Giant Flyer: Lindy and the other dinosaur-sized eagles.
- The Hero: Brandt is not only a highly skilled American air pilot, but after crash-landing on the island he tames and rides a Giant Eagle to battle the Nazis.
- Horny Vikings: A tribe of Norseman that have learned to tame and ride giant eagles live on the island.
- In Harmony with Nature: The Viking Tribe live this way, forming relationships with their eagles. While the island is brutal place to live (as shown when a group of dinosaurs kill an eagle and its rider) the Vikings have still managed to coexist with the creatures that live on it.
- Kaiju: Lindy, the other giant eagles, and the dinosaurs.
- Lost World: Arnland, an undiscovered prehistoric island that is home to giant eagles, living dinosaurs and a tribe of Norseman.
- Sea Monster: The mysterious giant creature that lives in the lake on the island.
- Works Set in World War II: The novel takes place just before the Second World War.
