On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor took the United States by surprise. But what if someone saw it coming? Many believe that a war with Japan is imminent—and unavoidable—but world-famous author Edgar Rice Burroughs is too busy basking in the Hawaiian sun to pay the rumors much mind. That is, until he finds Pearl Harada—a popular Japanese-American singer—murdered on the beach... Soon the island is buzzing with speculation. Was one of Pearl's many ex-boyfriends involved in her murder? Could it have been a race-related attack? Burroughs believes she died because she knew too much. But before he can figure out who silenced Oahu's sultriest songstress, bombs decimate Pearl Harbor—and leave the entire country shuddering in their wake. . .