Samuel Hawley

War has taken everything from physicist Keizo Kan. His young daughter was killed in the Great Tokyo Air Raid, and now his Japanese-American wife, Noriko, has been imprisoned by the brutal Thought Police. An American bomber, downed over Japan on the first day of August 1945, offers the scientist a surprising chance at salvation. The Imperial Army dispatches him to...

“A riveting tale about war, intrigue, love, and perseverance.” —John Grisham “Absorbing... Unfolds like a detective novel... The story barrels ahead urgently... Duty, anger, sorrow, conscience and even hope mix together to form the novel’s bracingly intimate ending.” —The Wall Street Journal “What if not two but three atomic bombs wound up in the Pacific theatre?... Hawley’s impeccably detailed narrative...