In 1941, the Nazis have overrun Europe, England is under siege, and relations with Japan have deteriorated. U.S. involvement appears imminent. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Earl Grady has been assigned to a Public Safety Committee run by the FBI to alert local law enforcement agencies to the espionage activities of Japanese residents. When a prominent committee member is found murdered just hours before the Pearl Harbor attack, the FBI promptly concludes that the killers are Japanese spies. What else could explain finding the victim's body impaled by a samurai sword?

Fear grips...

In 1941, the Nazis have overrun Europe, England is under siege, and relations with Japan have deteriorated. U.S. involvement appears imminent. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Earl Brady has been assigned to a Public Safety Committee run by the FBI to alert local law enforcement agencies to the espionage activities of Japanese residents. When a prominent committee member is found murdered just hours before the Pearl Harbor attack, the FBI promptly concludes that the killers are Japanese spies. What else could explain finding the victim's body impaled by a samurai sword?

Fear grips...