America has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
But Japan has only begun to fight. . . .
In 1945, history has reached a turning point. A terrible new weapon has
been unleashed. Japan has no choice but to surrender. But instead, the
unthinkable occurs. With their nation burned and shattered, Japanese
fanatics set in motion a horrifying endgame-their aim: to take America
down with them.
In Robert Conroy's brilliantly imagined epic tale of World War II,
Emperor Hirohito's capitulation is hijacked by extremists and a weary
United States is forced to invade Japan as a last step in a war that has
already cost so many lives. As the Japanese lash out with tactics that
no one has ever faced before-from POWs used as human shields to a rain
of kamikaze attacks that take out the highest-value target in the
Pacific command-the invasion's success is suddenly in doubt. As
America's streets erupt in rioting, history will turn on the acts of a
few key players from the fiery front lines to the halls of Washington to
the shadowy realm of espionage, while a mortally wounded enemy becomes
the greatest danger of all.
Praise for Robert Conroy's 1901
"Likely to please both military history and alternative history buffs .
. . The writing . . . keeps us turning the pages."
-Booklist
"Fascinating . . . skillfully crafted."
-Oakland Press
"Packed with action."
-Detroit News
