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 volunteered for service on the brand-new 205th Hospital Ship Complement. She has been working tirelessly, with dedication and wisdom beyond her years, to help wounded US servicemen on home soil. 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 honor and determination to achieve glory. 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…