Don Winslow of the Navy #16

Don Winslow faces his most cunning adversary yet—a mysterious Japanese ace pilot who speaks perfect American slang and bears a striking resemblance to someone from his past. When the skilled flyer downs three reconnaissance planes in rapid succession, Don and Red are scrambled to stop him, but a crash landing forces Don to confront a troubling memory: years ago at Annapolis, he knew a thoroughly Americanized Japanese exchange student named Tom Toguchi, a fellow athlete and friend whose loyalty and true allegiance remain shrouded in mystery. Now, as Don pieces together the connection, he must grapple with whether his old schoolmate has become the enemy he's hunting.

Don Winslow pursues his cunning wartime rival Tom Toguchi—known as "The American"—across the Pacific after the Japanese ace steals a locket containing secret naval codes. Stranded on Wawu Island with dwindling fuel, Toguchi devises a sinister plan to turn the native population against the American forces, but Don matches wits and cunning to expose his enemy's treachery. It's a high-stakes game of deception and strategy where the stakes are nothing less than the security of the fleet.

Don Winslow and Red pursue Toguchi, the cunning operative who's made off with a locket containing vital coded intelligence about an upcoming military offensive—and he's not about to let it go easily. As Toguchi's escape takes him on a desperate flight across continents, Winslow must track him from Australia to India to China to Siberia, outmaneuvering both distance and international law to recover the secrets that could change everything. With help from an unexpected ally, Winslow devises a clever trap in Vladivostok that just might turn the tables on his elusive quarry.