The Untold Story: Japanese Spies in the US during World War II. Set in 1941 Seattle,San Francisco, and Hawaii, Orchids of War explores Japanese espionage on American soil. Billi O'Shaughnessy is a young woman enthralled with Japanese culture andlanguage. FBI agent, Jack Huntington sets out to use her Japanese language skills andpersuades her to help him uncover the major players in the Nippon spy ring that is working up and down the West Coast, sending information back to the Land of the Rising Sun in preparation for the attack on Pearl Harbor. This historical fiction weaves through events specific to the buildup to World War II. It brings to the forefront the decrypting machine "Magic", the "Purple" code, and the "Winds" code. Suspenseful, packed with accurate details, and told through engaging characters, this book will alter your perception of World War II.