During WWII the Japanese imprisoned over 2000 Allied civilians in Los Banos Internment Camp in the Philippines. Among them were Tal and Remy Tuck. Father and son while never close after the death of Tal's mother, drift even further apart. Conditions were poor, but as the tide of the war began to turn in favor of the Allied forces the Japanese brutality became unbearable inside the barbed wire. Just outside the camp, but equally imprisoned, lived Carmen-a Japanese sex slave (comfort woman.) As the war in the Pacific comes to a head lives of both sides of the barbed wire will be lost in an effort to free the internees. Robbins has written a terrific story about survival, inhumanity, and surprisingly love. Based on actual events this is a story written not just a book for men, but for anyone interested in learning what men are capable of during times of war . ( )