The Phoenix Tree by Jon Cleary

The Phoenix Tree

by Jon Cleary

Collins, 1984, [First Edition], ISBN 0002227045, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, pages age-toned, no inscriptions, price-clipped dust-jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, and age-toning to edges (see photographs)

"Early in 1945, Navy Lieutenant Kenji Minato is in internment in San Diego as a Japanese spy.  When his offer to spy for US Intelligence is accepted, he asks that an old school friend, Corporal Tom Okada, be his control.  In Tokyo their mission is to identify members of a Peace Faction in Japan and estimate its strength.  Natasha Cairns, mixed-blood widow of an English agent, becomes their wireless operator."