It’s 2022 and the 10th anniversary of Captain Hawklin. And we get the 10th novel in the series by Charles F. Millhouse, Captain Hawklin and The Anubis Curse, set in 1939.
Storm Gate Press has also revamped the covers, using a consistent cover design. It’s very nice, but now I have nine books with one style, and one with the new one. And they have started to put out omnibus editions with the first one collecting the first four novels by internal chronology.
Captain Steven Hawklin is a former World War I fighter pilot, now an inventor and adventurer, rich from his inventions. He lives and works in Crown City, located on the west coast of the United States. Thus he is more like the aviation pulp adventurers like Bill Barnes than Doc Savage. He is assisted by Hardy Regan Miller and Oscar (Oz) Lyman.
This one picks up after the events of the first novel, The Skyhook Pirates, with Hawklin being put on trial for what happened then. This is crazy when you think of the hero being put on trial when a villain attacks him and his city.
And Hawklin must also contend with matters that go back to the events of the Osiris Project and further, and has several past villains return, such as Shillion Jack, General Kord, and more. Thankfully his friends Hardy and Oz are there to help him, joined by his sister Juno Li.
I will remind readers that magic is something that does exist in the world of Hawklin, as we’ve seen before.
While some matters are concluded here, some villains get away. I did enjoy the afterward, as it gives some great hints for the future.
This novel wraps up the 1930s for Hawklin, so I guess we will move into the 1940s, as clear from the title of the next volume: Captain Hawklin at War. I have no idea when it will appear, but hopefully in the next year.
We are also seeing some new Hawklin adventures from others under the overall title “The Lost Adventures of Captain Hawklin.” These are short stories so far only available in ebook format. But I understand when enough are put out they will be collected in print. The first one so far is Brian K. Morris‘ “The Skyhook Remnant.” Seeing as how each novel has been set in a particular year, there is room for some shorter adventures in between.
