Binding: Digital
Label: Amazon
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Amazon
Number Of Pages: 22
Publication Date: 2006-12-23
Publisher: Amazon
Release Date: 2006-12-23
Studio: Amazon

Ancient seafarers once believed that mystical flying creatures hid in storm clouds. At night, they would watch the skies fearful that something horrible would swoop down under the cover of darkness and rain to attack their creaking ship. We know, of course, that this was only a silly superstition. Every once in a while though, while I am sitting in a plane with my parachute strapped tightly to my back, I will stare at the clouds and wonder what foul, unnatural thing might be lurking in one of them.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful suff
Comment: I came a bit late to this work of E Robert Orn, having already read his 'Not Quite Hell' and 'The Midnight Lunch Truck', both of which were published after this one. I guess I expected something like a work in progress...something not quite up to the standard of his later work but showing signs of his talent.

How wrong was I? Pretty much as wrong as I could be. This is just as good as the slightly more devilish 'Hell' and 'Truck'. Eloquent and with some excellent turns of phrase, 'Eye' takes you through an event.... skydiving..... that terrifies most of us, with skill, humor and an obvious knowledge of the sport. The descriptions of the exercise are wonderful.

Then ERO does what he does best. He turns the ordinary into something else and deflects your gaze, just enough to set your mind off on the wrong track, before he lands the knockout punch.

Just as that punch lands, you will fondly remember the journey through those azure skies and slightly darker clouds. Great stuff.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Fascinating dark tale
Comment: This story was incredible as it weaves a nice little family-style outing to go sky diving. We feel as though the characters, Alan, Janice, and TJ are well known to us, as they are brilliantly brought to vivid life by Orn's mastery work. The story moves along nicely, and appears nearly a literary type of story, but hiding just beneath the surface, and between the lines, is something sinister. Something that creeps along, edging to your reality, then plunges you into the very terror of it. I found the story strangely informative at first, and interesting. Then I found it exciting, wonderfully thrilling, and vividly imaginative, while being creepily realistic and frightening. You will believe in monsters that hide behind the clouds! I had already read Not Quite Hell, by Mr. Orn, and have now considered myself a complete Fan! Will be reading The Midnight Lunch Truck soon, and anything else I can find with E. Robert Orn's name on it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: What really hides in the clouds.
Comment: E Robert Orn paints a vivid picture of life on the Drop Zone. He captures the easy camaraderie of sport parachutists and the banter that flows back and forth prior to a jump. It is after the exiting the plane that things begin to change. What really hides inside those dark storm clouds? Those who have never ventured there will never know.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Myths... Can they be true?
Comment: The myths we read about are sometimes fun pieces of literature that some distant person makes up...Or,not. Allen, Janice and T.J. are friends that love the adrenalin rush of jumping out of planes for the fun of it under the canopy of a parachute. They are part of a unique group of people who find fun and camaraderie with others who enjoy the same thing. The day is just like any other, as these three friends prepare to get ready to get into the plane. They joke with each other and watch the clouds seeing shapes and can't wait to be among the clouds themselves. They have no idea what awaits them...

I don't want to give it away, so I'll just say that Robert Orn is a great storyteller and his characters and plot were well written. I really enjoyed this story.

Reviewed by Vickie (Tory Lynn, author of My Charming Protector)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Mile High Thrills
Comment: As if I weren't already afraid of heights... E Robert Orn skillfully cajoles you into the sky with Janice, Alan and TJ for an adventurous leap. Once you're there enjoying the immersion into nature and organic freedom with them, the scenery changes to something even more riveting. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride "Into God's Cold Gray Eye".

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