一場十年前的黃金搶案，與公園的一場謎火。同袍的情誼決裂，到底誰才是始作俑者？錯中複雜的人際網絡，利益糾葛，左派與右派，相互拉扯與爭奪。一切被一場突如襲來的暴風雨，硬生生地揭開過往的謎團。
一九四二年一月，一場暴風雨，席捲整個洛杉磯，格里斐斯公園(Griffith Park)，出現了一具屍體。起初，警方以為只是普通的死亡案件，但他們全然錯了。
艾摩(Elmer Jackson)是名貪瀆的警隊副隊長。蘆田英男(Hideo Ashida)在刑事化驗室工作。杜雷(Dudley Smith)現在是名軍人，曾在洛杉磯警署工作。
一九四一年，戰爭爆發，關押日本僑民的拘留營持續騷動。洛杉磯對戰爭的狂熱與反日本的種族憎恨，日益嚴重。杜雷大賺戰爭財，和女友克萊兒(Claire de haven)同住在下加州(Baja)的邊境地帶。明著是在反對第五軍團的納粹支持者，與監視日本的潛水艇軍團的侵略。暗地裡卻發著國難財，大賺軍事利益，走私海洛因與偷渡人口。
同時，洛杉磯警署發現一具屍體，法醫專家，蘆田英男，必須和自己的良知與對杜雷的忠誠相互搏鬥。他發現這一切都跟十年前的黃金搶案有關。當杜雷與新的隊長派克(Bill Parker)，產生矛盾時，事情一發不可收拾。新到的海軍中尉喬安(Joan Conville)陷入一樁殺人案，因此入獄。但派克隊長卻除卻她的刑責，讓她加入英男的團隊，而艾摩則成為英男的保鑣。各方勢力逐漸成形。
誰與爭鋒，兩派明爭暗鬥，誰才是最終的贏家？(文/博客來編譯)
A massive novel of World War II Los Angeles. The crowning work of an American master.
It is January, 1942. Torrential rainstorms hit L.A. A body is unearthed in Griffith Park. The cops rate it a routine dead-man job. They're grievously wrong. It's a summons to misalliance and all the spoils of a brand-new war.
Elmer Jackson is a corrupt Vice cop. He's a flesh peddler and a bagman for the L.A. Chief of Police. Hideo Ashida is a crime-lab whiz, caught up in the maelstrom of the Japanese internment. Dudley Smith is an LAPD hardnose working Army Intelligence. He's gone rogue and gone all-the-way Fascist. Joan Conville was born rogue. She's a defrocked Navy lieutenant and a war profiteer to her core.
They've signed on for the dead-man job. They've got a hot date with History. They will fight their inner wars within The War with unstoppable fury.
一九四二年一月，一場暴風雨，席捲整個洛杉磯，格里斐斯公園(Griffith Park)，出現了一具屍體。起初，警方以為只是普通的死亡案件，但他們全然錯了。
艾摩(Elmer Jackson)是名貪瀆的警隊副隊長。蘆田英男(Hideo Ashida)在刑事化驗室工作。杜雷(Dudley Smith)現在是名軍人，曾在洛杉磯警署工作。
一九四一年，戰爭爆發，關押日本僑民的拘留營持續騷動。洛杉磯對戰爭的狂熱與反日本的種族憎恨，日益嚴重。杜雷大賺戰爭財，和女友克萊兒(Claire de haven)同住在下加州(Baja)的邊境地帶。明著是在反對第五軍團的納粹支持者，與監視日本的潛水艇軍團的侵略。暗地裡卻發著國難財，大賺軍事利益，走私海洛因與偷渡人口。
同時，洛杉磯警署發現一具屍體，法醫專家，蘆田英男，必須和自己的良知與對杜雷的忠誠相互搏鬥。他發現這一切都跟十年前的黃金搶案有關。當杜雷與新的隊長派克(Bill Parker)，產生矛盾時，事情一發不可收拾。新到的海軍中尉喬安(Joan Conville)陷入一樁殺人案，因此入獄。但派克隊長卻除卻她的刑責，讓她加入英男的團隊，而艾摩則成為英男的保鑣。各方勢力逐漸成形。
誰與爭鋒，兩派明爭暗鬥，誰才是最終的贏家？(文/博客來編譯)
A massive novel of World War II Los Angeles. The crowning work of an American master.
It is January, 1942. Torrential rainstorms hit L.A. A body is unearthed in Griffith Park. The cops rate it a routine dead-man job. They're grievously wrong. It's a summons to misalliance and all the spoils of a brand-new war.
Elmer Jackson is a corrupt Vice cop. He's a flesh peddler and a bagman for the L.A. Chief of Police. Hideo Ashida is a crime-lab whiz, caught up in the maelstrom of the Japanese internment. Dudley Smith is an LAPD hardnose working Army Intelligence. He's gone rogue and gone all-the-way Fascist. Joan Conville was born rogue. She's a defrocked Navy lieutenant and a war profiteer to her core.
They've signed on for the dead-man job. They've got a hot date with History. They will fight their inner wars within The War with unstoppable fury.