American Flyboy

by N.D. Clark

In the winter of 1944, Lt. Kenneth Hellman, an ace fighter pilot and leader of a young inexperienced but promising fighter squadron, is shot down on a mission to escort American bombers to their industrial targets inside Nazi Germany. He is captured and interrogated by one of the most ruthless men in the Waffen SS, Oberführer Wolfgang Farber, who instructs his henchmen to extract military secrets from him using any methods necessary. After his eventual transfer to Stalag VIII-b, Hellman exacts revenge by joining forces with an unlikely hero, his German Commandant Wilhelm Braun, clandestine leader of the European Resistance movement and the man Kenneth yearns to have as his life-long partner. But with the Russian Army closing on the camp and Wilhelm’s refusal to follow the German High Command’s orders to set his poorly clothed and emaciated POW’s on a march in the middle of one of the harshest winters on record, they have little choice but to flee the country, their attempt fraught with adventure and many close calls with death. Excerpt Inside the frigid private hangar, its roof a great curve of corrugated iron, the wide-open front and rear doors provided a panoramic view of the airfield and the roads leading to it. Tenderly, Wilhelm kissed Kenneth’s wounded hand before carefully slipping a glove over the bandages. Next he adjusted the chin strap of his flight helmet, and afterwards fetched goggles, life preserver and a parachute from storage lockers along the walls. Mere seconds into Kenneth guiding Wilhelm’s right arm into a parachute pack, the Resistance leader spied two black BMWs speeding toward them, small Nazi flags attached to the front tire fenders rippling in the wind. He wriggled his arm free of the pack and hurled it to the cement floor. “Board the plane, now!” “What’s the hell’s the matter; what do you see?” Kenneth demanded, his insides quivering as they ran out of the hangar toward the readied plane. Braun fished their flight plan from his jacket pocket as he pointed out the two black BMW’s to his lover. Swiftly he strapped his flyboy into the pilot’s seat, kissed him deeply, tossed a paper containing flight coordinates into the passenger seat, secured the door, then stepped back a safe distance. Abruptly, Wilhelm’s body recoiled as he clutched his chest, blood oozing over and around his right hand. “It’s the Gestapo! Take off now!” he shouted, grimacing as he fell to his knees. “Are you crazy? I’m not gonna leave you to the fucking wolves.” Wilhelm touched the palm of his hand lightly to his lips, then blew a kiss to his flyboy. “I love you always. Get out of here! Go!” “I love you too,” he yelled back with bullets zipping past him. The American fighter ace fumbled with the controls until the plane lurched forward. Fully engaging the throttle, it sped down the runway. Bullets continued to whiz all around him as he pulled back hard on the controls, achieving a positive rate of climb. “Goddamn it, Wilhelm, why didn’t you get your fucking ass in this plane?” he bawled, sobbing uncontrollably, his lips quivering as he slammed his good hand against the plane’s steering wheel again and again, the plane veering wildly. “We were almost there,” he cried, his voice breaking. Turning the control wheel hard left, Kenneth circled back over the airfield, making one last pass over the miniature soldiers and cars. He could barely make out a Gestapo agent shoving his lover into the backseat of one of the black BMW’s, his hands cuffed behind his back, blood having soaked through the entire front of his tan flight overalls. His heart ached at the thought of the man he loved in the hands of the Gestapo.

199 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 5, 2015

About the author

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N.D. Clark is a gay novelist who writes mostly steamy historical and some contemporary novels and short stories. He is passionate about telling stories that explore the full range of human experience, including love, loss, and redemption. He enjoys reading and watching sitcoms, movies, and stand-up comedy shows with his husband and partner of over twenty-four years.

Reviews

[booklover · Rating 3 out of 5]

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I'm unsure what to say about this book and how to review.
This is the first book by this author i've read and also it's the first book i've read which pertains to WW 2 (or any war for that fact). In it we meet Kenneth who is an American fighter pilot that ends up being shot down and caught. We see him go through the atrocities that we associate with POW's but we also see him having relationships firstly with 2 guards and then with Wilhelm. Now wherein lies my problem of how to do my review is that at times i felt that the author rushed through some of the scenes with Kenneth and the guards especially during the sexy scenes on the train. I struggled because they're classed as "his lovers" when, in my opinion, it wasn't portrayed that the relationship had developed that way.
Then he ends up with Wilhelm, a Colonel of the German Luftwaffe. Again at times i felt this relationship was rushed, as on page we're reading that Wilhelm has feelings for him and on the next they're claiming their undying love for each other. To me it felt too much like an "insta love" story, and i just couldn't understand how an American fighter pilot could fall for someone who he is fighting against for his country. Now don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that it's not possible but after what he was put through by the likes of Farber i'd have expected him to be totally against the guards and Wilhelm.
Over all it was an ok read

[A.C. Yates · Rating 5 out of 5]

N.D. Clark's "American Flyboy" is an excellent read for those history buffs that love m/m action. Kenneth, an American ace shoots down his Nazi enemies both for his country as well as for a measure of revenge for two lost comrades. That is, until one day when he is shot down over enemy territory. He is quickly surrounded and taken prisoner by a vicious and sadistic SS Uberfuhrer, and Kenneth's future could not look any more bleak.

But, then, the unexpected happens. Kenneth discovers that he is not exactly alone. On the way to a P.O.W. camp, he finds himself in the company of several Germans who disagree with Hitler's ambitions and realize that the war is all but over for Germany. He finds help in some of the most unexpected places such as a couple of SS soldiers and a P.O.W. camp commandant. One of which turns out to be the love of his life. Together, they launch a daring escape plan that bonds them all together forever.

Clark's descriptive writing allows the reader to sit inside of the cockpit of an American fighter plane as well as feel the cold, misery, and dispair of being an enemy P.O.W. The book is filled with intrigue and action packed especially when it comes to m/m sex. The eroticism is off the scale and leaves the reader wishing that they were actually there to participate!

If this is Clark's introduction, what will he do for an encore?

[Melissa Mendoza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Title:American Flyboy
Author: N.D. Clark
Series:
Publisher: Self-Published
Release Date: December 5, 2015
Genre(s): M/M Romance
Page Count: 163
Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5
Rating: 3 stars out of 5
Blurb:

Lt. Kenneth Hellman is an American fighter pilot escorting B-24 bombers on a mission over Germany in WWII. After his plane is hit by enemy flak, he is captured and interrogated by one of the most ruthless men in the Waffen SS, Colonel Wolfgang Farber.

When two of Farber's men make sexual advances, Hellman is torn between loyalty to his country and acting on his latent homosexual desires; his decision will send him reeling as he faces a world he could never have imagined, one filled with raw, unbridled sex, his deepest core convictions called into question and many narrow escapes from death.

After surviving horrendous torture, he is then sent by train to a POW camp in Lamsdorf, Poland. After three days on the train, Hellman arrives at his assigned German POW camp, Stalag Luft VIII-B for captured enemy airmen. His first introduction to POW life is a run in with the unscrupulous Sergeant Heinrich Hitzig who runs a gang of guards inside the camp.

Kenneth soon meets Colonel Wilhelm Braun of the German Luftwaffe, the Commandant of the camp, who is smitten with his newest arrival. The German commandant saves the American flyboy from the dreary and abusive life of the typical POW by appointing him his personal assistant and valet.

But now, the Russians are closing in on the camp and Kenneth and Wilhelm must attempt to flee to safety. At a small airport in Lamsdorf, the Gestapo has discovered their plans and moves to intercept.

Wilhelm engages the Gestapo agents in gunfire and is ultimately captured, but his courageous acts have given his American Flyboy time to escape.

Will Kenneth and Wilhelm overcome daunting odds to be reunited and rekindle their fledgling relationship?

“No one has ever made me feel this way. ‘I’m in love with you, Kenneth. You don’t have to respond to that...I’m being impulsive...and rambl-’”

3 stars!

Not sure how I totally felt about this book. Overall the storyline was beautiful. I loved how a delicate relationship was handled during a time when “homosexual” relationships weren’t out in the open like they are now. The writing was well done and the characters were beautifully written. I love history more than anything, but I think that’s why I never really connected with the book! But the book overall was so well put together!!





ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review. Reviewed by Melissa from Alpha Book Club

[Rodd Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

ND Clark’s debut novel is an interesting tale and ripe with a bevy of man-to-man sex. When I was reading American Flyboy I couldn’t help but think that there needs to be even more gay historical romantic fiction and I am hopeful this writer will pick up the mantle and deliver more of the same. Looking at an excerpt to describe the book, I considered the below:

““My flyboy,” Wilhelm whispered as he turned his battered face from the piercing light illuminating his cell. When he observed Wilhelm’s wrists cuffed to iron bars anchored into the cement wall above his bare wooden bunk, Armand cursed under his breath. His eyes followed caked crimson trails from Wilhelm’s lacerated lips and nose to the teardrop stains of carmine splattered over his plain white shirt.”

The omniscient happily-ever-after has its place, and for those who long to see the elicit romance between soldiers, (and one laced heavily with homoerotic passions) I would say this story would be a fine choice to enjoy. I think I would love to see more of what this fledgling author has in his repertoire and hope that he continues with historical flights of fancy as he did in American Flyboy.

[Anita · Rating 2 out of 5]

At about 8% "With knees bent and back arched, he reached through the fly of his long underwear, yanked out his heard throbbing-seven inch cock and painted the faces of his German captors with hot white spurts of virgin flyboy cum. Kenneth basked in the magnificent afterglow of ball-draining orgasm and forgot war and enemies." Whew!! Probably more of a 2.5 but I couldn't round up to 3. Just too odd. It's a historical set during WW II when Kenneth, a pilot, is shot down over enemy lines and is captured by SS officers, two of whom are attracted to Kenneth. Kenneth is troubled by his attraction to men but falls to these two guys who are later in the book called "artisans of seduction." There was just too much going on for me. For me, it was as if there was this battle to be an erotic novel against the need for historical accuracy depicting an American held as a POW in a concentration camp. There's this odd scene on the train to the camp that is almost an aside with the porter who delivers food to the Oberfuhrer and the two other SS officers. What?! Then Kenneth's time at the POW camp. I spent way too much time scratching my head and saying What??!!

[Diverse · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not big on historical romance. It has to really be amazing to keep me reading! So, I was nervous with this but I also was wickedly intrigued. I'm glad I chanced it. The MC of this story is Kenneth Hellman a flyboy who shoots down Nazis during WW2. It really is Kenneth's story. We pretty much go through this tale with him and his experiences. He becomes a POW and with that we live through it all. His interrogations, how he's treated, even conversations he has with his so called enemies. He finds out that they aren't in agreement with Hitler and Kenneth realizes so much about war in general.

It's when he meets Colonel Wilhelm Braun that Kenneth is given great purpose. Wilhelm and him fall for each other, hard! And of course with the end of a war there's so much chaos and uhg! Seeing these 2 ripped a part and what they go through it tore me up. The way Wilhelm calls Kenneth "His Flyboy" *swoon*

N.D. Clark's writing is descriptive, flowing, and beautiful. It's so life like I truly felt like I was in the moment with Kenneth and all he deals with.

Great read.

[Cookie Moretti · Rating 4 out of 5]

American Flyboy" by N.D. Clark (MM/Romance/Historical)


A copy of this book was provided to me by Inked Rainbow Reads in exchange for an honest review.

****4 STARS****

This is a story about Lt. Kenneth Hellman, who is a fighter pilot for the U.S. The time is set during the war with Germany when Hitler wanted to practically wipe out everyone. For those who love to read a good MM story set in that time period, this is an epic story for you. Even if you don't know much about history, you'll like this book.

The story was engaging, with Kenneth leading the way as he is captured by the enemy. In the camp where they take him and other prisoners, he meets a German soldier who he falls for and vise versa. I love reading about soldiers finding their HEA and Clark did a great job with descriptions and emotions of the two MCs, making the story believable. Kenneth's journey wasn't a walk in the park and you're left cheering for him. Even though the romance was surprisingly quick, it just made the story more likable for a time period set in one of the darkest histories of humankind.

[Bryan Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

American Flyboy was one of the most erotic WW II history lessons I have ever received.

The beginning of the book reeled me in immediately. Nolan Clark’s attention to detail without being excessive was remarkable. One can only imagine the amount of time and energy that went into researching this war, in order to pull this off. The book was a great reminder of what so many of our soldiers went through as POW’s.

From sitting in the cockpit of a P-51 Mustang, to going behind the walls of Stalog Luft VIII-B in Poland, Nolan Clark did an exceptional job of keeping me engaged and caring for Lieutenant Kenneth Hellman. I found myself thinking of Lieutenant Hellman’s wellbeing throughout my day.

You don’t have to be a war buff to enjoy this book. I can’t wait to see what Nolan has in store for us next.