In December 1941, on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Wainwright, after much deliberation, surrendered 100,000 American and Filipino troops to the Japanese.
At the Allied prisoner-of-war camp in Fengtian, the Japanese flagrantly violated the Geneva Convention, disregarding the prisoners’ dignity and humanity and subjecting them to wanton physical and psychological abuse. Their atrocities were horrifying.
Drawing on detailed historical sources, and shaped through artistic adaptation and thematic refinement, this book recreates the historical realities endured by Allied prisoners of war: the “Bataan Death March,” the “voyage aboard the ships of hell,” and more than three years of imprisonment, forced labor, and inhuman torture.
The author has spared no effort in crafting the book’s substance, artistry, and readability. The story is astonishing, with unending conflict, suspense, and tension, and one climax after another. It is impossible to put down.
