{"product_id":"9781400337040","title":"Ghosts of Honolulu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.\" — \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the American fleet. On December 7, 1941, their hidden stories are exposed by a morning of bloodshed that would change the world forever. Scrutinizing long-buried historical documents, NCIS star Mark Harmon and co-author Leon Carroll, a former NCIS Special Agent, have brought forth a true-life NCIS story of deception, discovery, and danger. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHawaii, 1941. War clouds with Japan are gathering and the islands of Hawaii have become battlegrounds of spies, intelligence agents, and military officials - with the island's residents caught between them. Toiling in the shadows are Douglas Wada, the only Japanese American agent in naval intelligence, and Takeo Yoshikawa, a Japanese spy sent to Pearl Harbor to gather information on the U.S. fleet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas Wada's experiences in his native Honolulu include posing undercover as a newspaper reporter, translating wiretaps on the Japanese Consulate, and interrogating America's first captured POW of World War II, a submarine officer found on the beach. Takeo Yoshikawa is a Japanese spy operating as a junior diplomat with the consulate who is collecting vital information that goes straight to Admiral Yamamoto. Their dueling stories anchor \u003cem\u003eGhosts of Honolulu's\u003c\/em\u003e gripping depiction of the world-changing cat and mouse games played between Japanese and US military intelligence agents (and a mercenary Nazi) in Hawaii before the outbreak of the second world war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso caught in the upheaval are Honolulu's innocent residents - including Douglas Wada's father - who endure the war's anti-Japanese fervor and a cadre of intelligence professionals who must prevent Hawaii from adopting the same destructive mass internments as California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGhosts of Honolulu\u003c\/em\u003e depicts the incredible high stakes game of naval intelligence and the need to define what is real and what only appears to be real.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harmon, Mark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (History)","offer_id":47550924062944,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_09c9d05b-2765-4726-85aa-70d17f7e82c7.jpg?v=1751470060","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781400337040","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}