ARGONAUT BOOKS

1944: Meiko and Aiko are taken from their home in Seattle and sent to an internment camp in the Midwest. It didn't matter that Aiko is American-born: they are Japanese, and therefore considered a threat by the American government. They attempt to hold on to elements of their old life in the camp when a mysterious disease begins to spread among those interned. What starts as a minor cold quickly becomes spontaneous fits of violence and aggression, even death. And when a disconcerting team of doctors arrive, nearly more threatening than the illness itself, Meiko and her daughter team up with a n...Read More