Under the Sun is set in the closing stages of World War Two in the South Pacific. Flight Lieutenant Edward Strickland is a young RAF Spitfire pilot flying sorties over the Carolines and their outlying atolls. On a dawn patrol he is shot down attacking a submarine and ends up on a remote island occupied by a small Japanese garrison, that has remained undetected throughout the war. The garrisonOCOs commander Captain Tadashi Hayama brutally interrogates his captive and a battle of wills develops between the two men. The scene is set for a contest where there will only be one victor. But events take an unexpected turn and the island becomes, for a while, a kind of Eden. The war is a distant memory that has no relevance to the rhythms and echoes of island life. Yet beyond its shores danger lurks and JapanOCOs capitulation after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leads to a climactic end which shatters the idyll forever. Under the Sun is not only a novel about war and its effects upon the human condition; it also explores the redemptive power of friendship and how it can surpass all odds, inspiring love and even sacrifice."
- ISBN10 1322432430
- ISBN13 9781322432434
- Publish Date 1 January 2012 (first published 15 November 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Arcadia Books
- Format eBook
- Language English