The Weapon that Should Not Exist

Illuminated by the flames of the burning cruiser Jintsu, the famously aggressive Rear Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth’s face cracks into a wry smile. The Japanese flagship is bound for the ocean floor, taking Admiral Isaki and nearly 500 men down with her. On the bridge of USS Honolulu, Ainsworth watches with delight as his radar shows the enemy transport destroyers fleeing in panic. Radar that the Japanese don’t have. Radar that won him this battle - or so he thinks. What the Japanese do have is some deadly new technology of their own. And the Battle of Kolombangara is only just beginning…