<p></p><p><h3>It''s 1945, and the world is in the grip of war.</h3></p><p><b>Hideki</b> lives with his family on the island of <b>Okinawa</b>, near Japan. When the <b>Second World War</b> crashes onto his shores, Hideki is drafted to fight for the <b>Japanese army</b>. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: <i>Don''t come back until you''ve killed an American soldier</i>.</p><p><b>Ray</b>, a young <b>American Marine</b>, has just landed on Okinawa. This is Ray''s <b>first-ever battle</b>, and he doesn''t know what to expect -- or if he''ll make it out alive. All he knows that the enemy is <i>everywhere</i>.</p><p>Hideki and Ray each fight their way across the island, surviving <b>heart-pounding ambushes</b> and <b>dangerous traps</b>. But then the two of them <b>collide</b> in the middle of the battle... And choices they make in that single instant will change <i>everything</i>.</p><p><h3>Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee, returns with this high-octane