A new original story by Debbie Bishop & Carl Macek—inspired by an unrealized idea from Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong. Foreword by stop-motion animation icon Ray Harryhausen.

On the eve of World War II, Captain Jan-Peter “J.P.” Brandt is a man with nothing left to lose. Once the Army Air Corps’ best and most daring test pilot, his career—and reputation—are destroyed when an unauthorized flight nearly ends in tragedy for President Roosevelt. Court-martialed, disgraced, and branded “Wrong-Way Brandt” in the headlines, he’s offered one last chance at the sky: fly an experimental aircraft on an unprecedented route around the globe from the South Pole to the North.

Somewhere over the Arctic, that chance vanishes in an instant. An attack sends Brandt and his crew crashing into a place no map records: a hidden realm where a lost tribe of Vikings ride giant eagles through valleys stalked by prehistoric beasts.

Drawing on meticulous research, Bishop and Macek weave authentic 1930s aviation technology, the dazzling pavilions of the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and documented Nazi movements and secret weapons programs of the era. Every scene pulses with the tension of real history colliding into a breathtaking high-adventure tale.

When Brandt discovers a secret Nazi base testing a devastating electromagnetic weapon and preparing for a sneak attack on America, he must convince the Vikings to leave their hidden homeland and join him in an impossible fight.

War Eagles soars with wartime intrigue, lost-world wonder, and pulse-pounding aerial combat—an epic journey where a humiliated pilot and eagle-riding Vikings unite against Nazis desperate to make devastating history.