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JFD5M/The-Second-Sun A taut, suspenseful
historical thriller set in the months of WWII
Did Japan also have an atomic weapon, and did
America bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki to pre-empt
an attack on its fleet?A masterful historical
thriller set during the waning months of World
War II, The Second Sun poses a provocative
question Did Japan test an atomic weapon, and
did America know about it in advance of its own
decision to drop two nuclear bombs?March 1945
After a career of commanding destroyers in the
Pacific theater of WWII, Captain Wolfe Bowen is
based in Washington, DC, working for the Chief of
Naval Operations. Bowen receives an urgent call
from the commander of the naval shipyard in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire A German U-boat has
been captured and brought to port. But what grabs
Bowen8217sattention is the presence of two
Japanese civilians on board, along with the
massive size of the U-boat itself. What these
civilians know about the cargo of the U-boat, as
well as its destination, begins a race against
time that will change the course of history.When
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies, Harry
Truman ascends to office with no prior knowledge
of the Manhattan Project. Bowen is assigned a
dangerous mission Discover whether Japan has the
technology to produce an atomic weapon, and find
out how close the desperate enemy is to deploying
it. Working with a small team8212inluding
Captain Villem Amherst Van Rensselaer, part of
the inner circle on the Manhattan Project, and
Lieutenant Commander Janet Waring, a naval
intelligence officer and skilled translator of
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