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G-8 and His Battle Aces Audiobook # 95 Horde of the Black Eagle - 5 hours [Audio CDs] #RA747
G-8 and His Battle Aces Audiobook #95 Horde of the Black Eagle
 

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G-8 and His Battle Aces #95 Audiobook
Horde of the Black Eagle
by Robert J. Hogan
Read by Nick Santa Maria
 
 
They called G-8 the Flying Spy. History never recorded his exploits—and for good reason! No one would ever believe World War I was that wild!
 
Stunned, lost, the remnants of a once proud army charge unchallenged against an unseen foe — to die without being fired upon! And roaring across death-filled skies, G-8 and his Battle Aces gamble against fearful odds to come to grips with War’s most sinister phantom of doom — who has sworn to turn a mighty fortress into the funeral pyre of an Empire!
 
The most popular aviator in Pulp Fiction was actually created in a car. Going home to New Jersey from New York City, author Robert J. Hogan came up with the idea that would be G-8 and His Battle Aces. Having already met with Popular Publications’ President Harry Steeger, Hogan had been given the job of writing a daring new hero for Popular to take advantage of both the popular Hero centered Pulps as well as the fascination with aviation that was gripping the country at the time.
 
Hogan mapped out the basic ideas for G-8 and His Battle Aces while driving home from New York to New Jersey. Tangled in traffic in the Holland Tunnel, Hogan, according to Pulp lore, came up with the character’s name, motivation, and even the plot of the first story, one that would take Aviation Fiction where it had rarely gone before, if ever. Right into Weird Menace territory.
 
While there would be no shortage of regular pilots for the Battle Aces to take on, Hogan threw a whole other host of grotesque, fantastic enemies at his flyboys. War wasn’t just horrific because it was war, but now because it was the stuff of nightmares. From Martians to Vampires to giant spiders, G-8 flew in the least friendly skies Fiction could provide.
 
Nick Santa Maria brings G-8, Nippy and Bull to thrilling life in their desperate struggle to defeat a nemesis unlike anything they have ever before encountered in Horde of the Black Eagle. Originally published in the December 1941 issue of G-8 and His Battle Aces magazine.
 
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Mysterious Hill
Chapter 2: Keeper of the Tombs
Chapter 3: Dancing Ghosts
Chapter 4: A Spirit Returns
Chapter 5: Spectre at Midnight
Chapter 6: An Empty Coffin
Chapter 7: Satan’s Artist
Chapter 8: Vampire’s Stooge
Chapter 9: Prisoner’s Guest
Chapter 10: A Spy Vanishes!
Chapter 11: Bloodless Corpse
Chapter 12: Into the Trap
Chapter 13: Death Takes Over
Chapter 14: Unmasked
Chapter 15: Secret of the Graveyard
Chapter 16: Four-Legged Phantom
Chapter 17: A Living Ghost
Chapter 18: Into the Raven’s Lair
Chapter 19: The Devil’s Chamber
Chapter 20: Preview of Death
Chapter 21: The Devil’s Victims
Chapter 22: Battle for Life
Chapter 23: Hell’s Cauldron
 

Nick Santa Maria Nick was born early in life in Brooklyn, NY. His theatrical background is based in Comedy Improv. He was a long standing member of the late lamented Miami based, Mental Floss, where he served as head writer/composer. From there he began his career in commercials, voice-overs, TV, Film, and theatre. He has performed in many roles on the stage including his award winning turn as Nick in Over The River And Through The WoodsI Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, in The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee as Mr. Panch (3-D Theatricals), Mr. Bromhead in No Sex Please, We’re British at The Norris, and as Pseudolus in, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Norris Theatre. Television: The Buffalo Bill ShowB.J. Stryker, and two Disney Christmas Specials. Off Broadway: Writer/Composer/Performer on Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, Soundtrack on RCA Victor. Broadway: Vince Fontaine in Tommy Tune’s production of Grease. He also appeared in every domestic company of Mel Brooks’ The Producers, understudying everyone from Nathan Lane and Jason Alexander, to Tony Danza and David Hassellhoff. He was the original Genie in Disney’s Aladdin, a Musical Spectacular, soundtrack on Disney Records. Nick is a resident of Los Angeles and is currently writing a book about classic film comedians, Nick’s been a long time film historian, and has written several articles on the topic.
 
Nick DeGregorio is a composer and conductor with over 100 theatrical musical direction credits including a Helen Hayes Awards, Best Musical Direction nomination for his work on DeafWest’s Big River at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC. Nick’s conducted and/or played for Randy Newman, Bernadette Peters, Marvin Hamlisch, Lorna Luft, Juliet Prowse, Morey Amsterdam, John Denver, Carol Channing and Glen Campbell and was MD for Hal Linden, Dorothy Lamour (5 years) and the LA Friar’s Club roast of Carl Reiner. He’s provided musical direction at many regional theatres around the country and was associate conductor for the Broadway tours of 42nd Street and Big River and the PCLO/Nederlander tour of Doctor Dolittle.
 
Nick’s conducted the Phoenix Symphony, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra and Les Brown’s Band of Renown and has played piano with the St. Louis, San Jose, Utah, Ottawa, Rochester, Baltimore, Winnipeg, Florida and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras. On Broadway, Nick played piano for 42nd Street. Off-Broadway, Nick wrote the orchestrations for Fanny Hill and orchestrated for Lorna Luft’s show and Barry Manilow produced recording, Songs My Mother Taught Me. He’s done orchestrations for the Key West Pops and also for Mitzi Gaynor’s new show, Razzle Dazzle. As a composer, Nick has worked on projects for BBC-TV, Random House Entertainment, Mike Young Productions, Scholastic Entertainment, Coyne Communications and Paramount Pictures. He has also written seven musical comedies, the latest, High School Reunion, was recently listed in the Samuel French catalog.

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