{"product_id":"a-guest-of-the-emperor-david-mesaros-9798995325406","title":"A Guest of the Emperor: A True American Saga of WW2 Pacific POWs, Families, and Reconciliation","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn astounding look at a rarely explored side of World War II. The story spotlights the era's atrocities and its characters' tribulations through a profoundly human lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSean Strain, editor and publishing professional. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen war refuses to end ... will love simply fade away? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar is often told through the eyes of those who fight it. But A Guest of the Emperor reveals a different story-the quiet, enduring cost carried by those left behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rolf is declared Missing in Action in the Pacific, Faith is left with nothing but a letter and a promise she once made lightly. As months stretch into years of silence, hope becomes both her anchor and her burden. Waiting is no longer passive-it is a daily act of courage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeanne's story is different, yet painfully familiar. When Arne vanishes into the machinery of war, life does what it always does-it moves forward. But memory has its own quiet persistence. Decades pass. Lives are rebuilt. Yet some loves refuse to be forgotten, like a pressed flower hidden in book - it is fragile and faded, but never discarded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn homes across America, families cling to fragments-rumors, headlines, unanswered questions. \"Missing in Action\" becomes a cruel paradox: a reason to hope... and a reason to fear the worst. While history celebrates victories and heroes, the real toll of war unfolds in empty chairs, unopened letters, and hearts suspended between faith and despair. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when the war finally releases its survivors, the silence does not end. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause some stories are too painful to tell. Some wounds take a lifetime to face. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd some journeys-like Rolf's return to the past-require a different kind of bravery altogether. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Guest of the Emperor is a deeply human portrait of love, loss, and resilience. It is a story of those whom history forgets-the ones who waited, who endured, and who carried on when the world moved forward without them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers of historical fiction who seek emotional depth, untold perspectives, and the enduring power of love in the shadow of war.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Mesaros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995325406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forty-Two Twelve Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"David Mesaros","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801361101055,"sku":"9798995325406","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-guest-of-the-emperor-david-mesaros-9798995325406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}