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'A great rollercoaster of a novel, with plenty of fierce fighting, thrilling exploits and tender romance. The main charcaters...are well-rounded and full of flaws and complexities [and] the exoitic backdrop is well depicted'Joy Chambers is a company chairman, business woman, poet, philanthropist and fine-art collector who has been writing for over twenty years. A lover of history and never idle, Joy enjoys the extensive research required to set her books in the past, often during the World Wars. Joy says, 'My life is in the entertainment business. A skilfully written book can be read on many levels but it should always entertain. . . I attempt to do that.' She is married to media mogul Reg Grundy AC OBE PhD and they share their Bermuda home with their Shetland sheepdogs.A wartime chronicle of sacrifice, suffering, compassion and love Zusammenfassung 'The Japanese won't wait much longer to attack. Can't you understand we're on borrowed time?' December 1941. The whole of South East Asia appears to be capitulating before the rising sun and four remarkable people are about to reassess their lives: Lexi Robinson: the doctor with a secret from the past who escapes before Hong Kong is invaded, only to find herself still within the enemy net. John Drayton Whitby: Australian army officer who focuses on the long, harrowing fight for freedom even whilst his mind clouds with suspicions about his wife. Hank 'Trap' Trapperton: the West Point-trained American 'spy' who is John Drayton's trusted friend and yet not really his friend at all. And Kathleen Leigh , the woman brought up to believe a lie until the day comes when she must confront the appalling truth.
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A wartime chronicle of sacrifice, suffering, compassion and love
