As Japanese forces close in for an all-out effort to capture Guadalcanal through the American forces occupying the island, many fates converge and intertwine. 1st Lieutenant William Dunn, twenty-one years old but already one of the only two pilots remaining from his fighter squadron’s first sixteen, must find out what it is prefer to lead men-and to lose them. Hot-tempered Sergeant Thomas McCoy finds he has a hero’s welcome waiting stateside-if he can prevent a court-martial first. On a bloody about Close Fight island, Main Jake Dillon discovers the amount of combat is involved with a fight correspondent’s life. First Lieutenant R.B. Macklin, a consummate bully, is definitely put on a War Bond tour therefore he will not endanger his very own males. General Fleming Pickering, on a ticklish diplomatic mission, attempts to balance the sizzling and mighty temperaments of General Douglas MacArthur, OSS Chief William “Wild Expenses” Donovan and Secretary from the Navy Frank Knox. Corporal Robert Easterbrook, still wet behind the ears, discovers that the price of achievement in wartime may be uncomfortably high. From your Solomons to Australia to Washington, D.C., the warriors, plus the wives and sweethearts who love them, once more find themselves using the problems of their lives… With the body matter rising, the odd handful of the Philadelphia cop as well as the Texas lawman races to see them and make them shell out the dough….unless the cartel handles to see them first.