In1945,JapansurrenderedtotheUnitedStatesandtheSecondWorldWarwasover.Right?Wrong.ForeightypercentoftheJapanesecommunityinBrazil,JapanhadwonthewaranddefeatwasnothingmorethanAmericanpropaganda.Thefewimmigrantsthatacceptedthetruthwerepersecuted.Somewerehunteddownandassassinated-bytheirowncountrymen-causingthestartofanew,privatewar.DirtyHeartsisathrillerandlovestorytoldbythewifeofoneofthefanaticsdedicatedtopreachJapanesevictory.Littlebylittle,shewatchesherhusband,ahard-workingimmigrant,becomeanassassinandtheirlovestoryfadeaway.
