{"product_id":"books-black-sun-red-moon-by-rory-marron","title":"Black Sun, Red Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJapan's defeat loomsKate dreams of rescueHer lover prepares his last stand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Exquisitely writtenan exciting and exactingly brutal slice of history'\u003c\/strong\u003e -- BookLife by \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Prize in Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate van Dam is struggling to survive the squalor and deprivation of an internment campFaced with a sick mother, little food and medicines she accepts the dubious offer of 'hostess work' at Japanese officers' club\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An ambitious, unconventional, compelling saga of men at war, captivity, forced prostitution, murder, political dirty tricks and mob terror in Japanese-occupied and revolutionary IndonesiaRory Marron's \u003cem\u003eBlack Sun, Red Moon: A Novel of Java\u003c\/em\u003e gives us an almost tangible glimpse of the chaos that was Java in 1945-46His writing, infused with imaginative speculation, is sweeping, poignant, passionate and unflinching' (Publisher's Catalogue)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan's sudden surrender ends the Second World War but triggers the Indonesian declaration of independence from the Netherlands, catching the returning Dutch and 'Southeast Asia's peacekeepers', Britain, by surpriseIn a chaotic, mistrustful peace Lord Mountbatten orders the Japanese to defend the white colonial orderRecent foes have no choice but to become allies--of a kindIn greatest peril are 80,000 European women and children interned by the JapaneseThese defenceless civilians, abandoned and half-starved, some of them former sex slaves, become hostages to the future of a free IndonesiaAs their former jailors become their guardians, protecting them from hostile mobs, hatreds and prejudices are hastily re-examinedBritish, Gurkha and Indian troops, veterans of the long Burma campaign arrive in Java expecting a warm welcome from grateful civilians and easy dutiesVery soon their orders are rewritten, their mission and motives questioned, as they face determined, frequently suicidal opposition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan's surrender saves Lt Kenichi Ota from a suicidal last standBut to save the woman he loves he will have to draw his sword once again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlander Alun MacDonald has had his fill of the British Army but finds himself facing a new, unpredictable foe and having to trust his former enemies with his life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLamban longs for independence for IndonesiaA chance encounter with an activist plunges him into a teeming, dangerous world of secret societies, plots and the whirlwind of revolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar Correspondent Meg Graham is expecting to cover Japan's defeatInstead she is pitched into a ruthless struggle for an empire unrestrained by rules of war\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53509857607953,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780957630529.jpg?v=1778168820","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/books-black-sun-red-moon-by-rory-marron","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}