September 1942 — Guadalcanal.

The fight for Henderson Field is on the verge of collapse. Cut off from supplies, ravaged by disease, and surrounded by a relentless enemy, the United States Marines cling to a narrow foothold in the jungle.

Major Al Decker has already seen the worst of the Pacific war. One of only two Marines to escape the devastating fall of Wake Island, he has fought the Japanese from the first brutal hours of the conflict. Now he leads an elite Marine Raider unit trained for the most dangerous missions behind enemy lines.

When decorated Marine fighter pilots Marion Karl and Richard Amerine are shot down deep inside Japanese-held territory, Decker and his Raiders are ordered to bring them home.

But the jungle is alive with danger.

As the Raiders push through suffocating heat, relentless insects, and an enemy that seems to be everywhere at once, they uncover evidence of a massive Japanese buildup preparing to crush Henderson Field.

Cut off from support and hunted by superior forces, Decker and his men must locate the missing pilots and fight their way back through miles of hostile jungle.

If they fail, thousands of Marines may be overrun and slaughtered before they even know the attack is coming.

From the bestselling author of the USS Bull Shark series comes a gripping World War II thriller of courage, endurance, and survival in the deadly jungles of Guadalcanal.