Daikon

A Novel

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<b>“Thrilling…Builds to a pulse-pounding climax. The result is the most imaginative take on Hiroshima since Edwin Corley’s <i>The Jesus Factor</i>.” —<i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review)</b><br> <br><b>“A riveting tale about war, intrigue, love, and perseverance.” —John Grisham • “I could not look away. This novel is storytelling at its finest.” —Karl Marlantes • “Spellbinding…A breathtaking chain reaction that unleashes the true power of the novel.” —Adam Johnson • “Extraordinary…<i>Daikon</i> will sweep you away.” —Jess Walter • “Exhilarating…I loved this book, and you will love it too.” —Arthur Golden</b><br> <br><b>A sweeping and suspenseful novel of love and war, set in Japan during the final days of World War II, with a shocking historical premise: three atomic bombs were actually delivered to the Pacific—not two—and when one of them falls into the hands of the Japanese, the fate of a couple that has been separated from one another becomes entangled with the fate of this terrifying new device.</b><br><br>War has taken everything from physicist Keizo Kan. His young daughter was killed in the Great Tokyo Air Raid, and now his Japanese American wife, Noriko, has been imprisoned by the brutal Thought Police. An American bomber, downed over Japan on the first day of August 1945, offers the scientist a surprising chance at salvation. The Imperial Army dispatches him to examine an unusual device recovered from the plane’s wreckage—a bomb containing uranium—and tells him that if he can unlock its mysteries, his wife will be released.<br> <br> Working in secrecy under crushing pressure, Kan begins to disassemble the bomb and study its components. One of his assistants falls ill after mishandling the uranium, but his alarming deterioration, and Kan’s own symptoms, are ignored by the commanding officer demanding results. Desperate to stave off Japan’s surrender to the Allies, the army will stop at nothing to harness the weapon’s unimaginable power. They order Kan to

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781668209585

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

234 x 158 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Simon + Schuster LLC