{"product_id":"9780007554270_the-phoenix-tree","title":"The Phoenix Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE PHOENIX TREE is a 1984 novel from Australian award-winning author Jon Cleary, set in Japan during the last days of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the closing days of World War II, two friends – Kenji Minato and Tom Akada, both serving in the United States Navy, are sent on a mission to Japan. Their urgent task as undercover agents is to identify members of the Peace Faction and to estimate its strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir wireless operator is Natasha Cairns – the widow of an English agent who becomes more than just a colleague to Tom as their love for each other grows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmidst the dark terrors of the blanket bombing of Tokyo and the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two spies find out more about themselves than their mission. Each faces a struggle to come to terms with the war and, even more, with a dishonourable peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jon Cleary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285362065557,"sku":"9780007554270","price":11.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007554270.jpg?v=1776992068","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007554270_the-phoenix-tree","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}