The bombing of Darwin by the Japanese in 1942 was Australia's Pearl Harbor. Faith and her brother, Joe, escape the devastation and chaos aboard Joe's island trading ketch, Faraway, along with Joe's lifelong friend Koko, an Australian-born Japanese fleeing internment.
They are soon separated by the fortunes of war and face their own personal battles against espionage and injustice: Joe in a special army unit serving in the inhospitable wilds of the Northern Territory against a brutal, covert enemy; Koko in a POW camp against a society that appears to have deserted him, and Faith against the machinations of an ivy league American officer intent on keeping her from the man she loves, a Navaho Indian commissioned as a U.S. Army Air Force Pilot.
### Review
'A grand historical novel.' **Sunday Mail**
'Crookes is a stickler for historical detail.' **The Weekend Australian****
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'An engrossing read... a gripping narrative'. **Fiction Focus****
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'A gripping adventure.' **Newcastle Herald****
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'An absorbing tale.' **Family Circle****
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'A very readable story. Highly recommended.' **Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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'A wide historical sweep of society at war.' **Brisbane Courier Mail**
### From the Author
My apologies for proofreading errors in the first Kindle upload of this title which was from an early draft. They have since been addressed.
Description:
The bombing of Darwin by the Japanese in 1942 was Australia's Pearl Harbor. Faith and her brother, Joe, escape the devastation and chaos aboard Joe's island trading ketch, Faraway, along with Joe's lifelong friend Koko, an Australian-born Japanese fleeing internment. They are soon separated by the fortunes of war and face their own personal battles against espionage and injustice: Joe in a special army unit serving in the inhospitable wilds of the Northern Territory against a brutal, covert enemy; Koko in a POW camp against a society that appears to have deserted him, and Faith against the machinations of an ivy league American officer intent on keeping her from the man she loves, a Navaho Indian commissioned as a U.S. Army Air Force Pilot. ### Review 'A grand historical novel.' **Sunday Mail** 'Crookes is a stickler for historical detail.' **The Weekend Australian**** ** 'An engrossing read... a gripping narrative'. **Fiction Focus**** ** 'A gripping adventure.' **Newcastle Herald**** ** 'An absorbing tale.' **Family Circle**** ** 'A very readable story. Highly recommended.' **Australian Broadcasting Corporation ** 'A wide historical sweep of society at war.' **Brisbane Courier Mail** ### From the Author My apologies for proofreading errors in the first Kindle upload of this title which was from an early draft. They have since been addressed.