Warning - contains spoilers - Kind of a strange book. Starts of with a story of a sub trying to breach the Japanese inland sea where 'the ghosts of bungo suido' lie. 1/3 into the book (i) Gar Hammond, the CO having been left behind when his sub went into emergy dive, (ii) survived the sinking of a torpedoed Japanese aircraft carrier, (iii) got through interogation by the Kempetai (iv) survived 8 months of captivity and (v) witnessing both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bombings is charged with collaboration based on the say so of an USAF major. The latter who apparently was either not interogated in the same way as Gar Hammond was or if he was must have seen many a fellow POW die as he only told his interrogators 'name, rank and serial number'.

Nevertheless I give it three and a half stars mainly because the very well written action scenes and the depiction of Japanese POW life but most of all the eyes on witnessing of the Hiroshima bombing and its after effects. ( )