{"product_id":"against-the-rising-sun-by-jeff-steel-9781923514287","title":"Against the Rising Sun","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Singapore to Nagasaki – An Australian POW’s Incredible Story\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDon Graham just wanted to serve. But war had little regard for intention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServing with the ill-fated Australian 8th Division, he faced the disastrous campaign in Malaya, the retreat to Singapore, and the brutal reality of surrender after the greatest military catastrophe in British Empire history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaptured by the Japanese, he was sent first to the notorious Changi prison camp and then to the infamous Selarang Barracks, where disease, starvation and fear ruled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarched out of Changi to an uncertain fate, Don and hundreds of others were taken on a hell ship to Japan and forced into slave labour at the Kawasaki shipyards in Kobe, and later the deadly Yoshikuma coal mine near Nagasaki. Each day was a gamble of exhaustion, punishment or death – until he witnessed the strange, mushroom-shaped cloud that would signal the war’s end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJapan had surrendered, yet peril remained. The Japanese commandant ordered Don and the prisoners to dig trenches – their own mass graves. Could they survive when freedom seemed within reach?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgainst the Rising Sun\u003c\/em\u003e is the true story of an Australian soldier’s endurance under the Japanese. Amid unimaginable horror, Don became a lifeline to his fellow POWs, using humour, song and sheer will to keep hope alive – a testament to courage found not in victory, but in survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘When the war took everything, he gave his mates a reason to carry on.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘This is more than a war story – it’s a testament to human spirit and brotherhood behind the wire. Jeff Steel’s gripping narrative brings Don Graham’s courage and wit vividly to life.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073812873452,"sku":"9781923514287","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/bc912f8ecec65817ec2912b3ad28c91c.jpg?v=1765177775","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/against-the-rising-sun-by-jeff-steel-9781923514287","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}