About the book
Save, kill, live, die—How much do I give?
1944, and war rages in the Pacific.
Two young recruits from opposing sides are destined to cross paths without ever meeting, changing their lives forever…
Honolulu – Devoted nurse Lieutenant Jeannette Crawford has been working tirelessly, with dedication and wisdom beyond her years, to help wounded US servicemen on home soil face their greatest enemy—time. Wanting to do more, she volunteers to serve on a hospital ship, hoping to save the men she treats and worrying about the man she loves. But nothing can prepare her for the horrors she now faces on the front line of the Pacific islands.
Tokyo – When Akira Tanaka is conscripted to serve his country. He does so with determination to honor his family and the country he loves. Initially motivated in his fighter-plane training, he soon discovers that the news being shared with the people of Japan is a lie: the Combined Fleet is losing badly, and their European allies crumbling.
As the ferocity of fighting intensifies, and the reality of combat hits home, officer and nurse experience very different wars in striking parallel. But when the Americans close in on the Japanese mainland, and the emperor’s forces become increasingly desperate in their tactics, the true, horrifying heartbreak of Jeannette and Akira’s shared destiny becomes clearer, drawing closer…
