A "modern western" for men, this novel is set in 1943 and describes a little known off shoot of WW1I. In a partly true scenario it involves an attempt of Japanese Intelligence to establish a radio receiving station high in the mountains of Sonora, Mexico. A Marine newly returned from Guadalcanal and seeking only the quiet necessary to heal his wounded body and mind encounters the tense situation of Mexican/Americans vs. Anglos in a small New Mexican valley. And he meets two Mexican/American women who behind their attractive faces seem to have dark shadows. Being asked to locate the receiving station results in a shoot out between a marine-trained marksman with his Garand and the traditional Winchesters of the old west.
