EYE CONTACT OVER TRUK
by Stephanie Woodman
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Pub Date 21 May 2024 | Archive Date 12 Jun 2024
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Description
A forgotten battle. A live-aboard dive vessel. Will exploring what lies under the coral tear these men apart? America, 1985. Nick Mitchel is wracked by grief.
Destroyed by his beloved wife’s death, the retiree is fighting to keep his flashbacks from disturbing long-buried truths. And a diving expedition in the Pacific Ocean he’d hoped would heal old wounds only reopens dark memories of the war… Japan.
Junichi Takahashi is brimming with indignation. After surviving the WWII firebombing of Tokyo as a child, he resents his dying father’s request to explore a sunken graveyard. And with the location now a tourist mecca for scuba divers, he’s furious that one of his nation’s most tragic losses has turned into an underwater playground.
As Nick struggles with nightmarish visions, his anger awakens when a saboteur starts tampering with his equipment. And as Junichi battles to make peace with his grim history, he confronts Nick in a dangerous collision of perspectives.
Can the two men salvage anything from the wreckage of a bitter conflict?
Eye Contact Over Truk is a heartrending work of historical fiction.
Advance Praise
"All I can sat is WOW. That's not true. But my mind is exploding with the descriptions of scenery and the action, the story arc and each character's journey and character development." Kay S.
"All I can sat is WOW. That's not true. But my mind is exploding with the descriptions of scenery and the action, the story arc and each character's journey and character development." Kay S.
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9798989940608 |
| PRICE | US$6.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Terri W, Reviewer
Above the water are beautiful tropical islands. Below the water, a graveyard now decorated with incredible coral.
Nick flew torpedo planes during WWII. He cannot forget the Japanese captain (JC) with whom he made eye contact just before his torpedo slammed into the ship, killing JC. He returns to Truk in 1985 to dive on wrecks strewn around the Pacific island.
Junichi’s father served on a ship in Truk. He survived the war, but his health was broken. He asks Junichi to visit Truk.
Nick and Junichi end up on the same live-aboard dive boat. Junichi flies into a rage that people spend their vacations diving on the wrecks of Japan’s war losses. He blames Nick.
Both men come to realize that they buried their emotions to survive the war, but now, holding onto the past comes at the expense of their future. At the end are long philosophical discourses about these realizations.
Also of interest, Junichi’s wife’s experience as a child orphaned by the Tokyo fire bombings. The atomic bomb victims received all the attention while the 120,000 orphaned children suffered greatly.
