title: The Real Tenko: Extraordinary True Stories of Women Prisoners of the Japanese
author:  Mark Felton 
description: Writing in a narrative, highly emotional style, Felton (Fudan University, China) describes the fates of female military nurses and civilian women and children from English-speaking countries who were captured by the Japanese in the Pacific region during WWII. Many of the women and children were held in prison camps in terrible conditions and forced on death marches. Some women were killed on sight and others were raped, beaten, and forced to become sex slaves. Much of the book showcases the words of the people who lived through this period. As sources, the author lists archives, books, scholarly papers, newspapers, periodicals, and web sites..  (<i>Book News</i>)
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  “You aren’t going to leave me to drown!”
  
  
  The astonishing thought distracted Annja from the floodwaters until they rose
  above the tops of her waterproofed shoes. Their touch was as cold as the long-
  dead Emperor’s.
  
  
  “At least leave me my pack!” Annja shouted, jumping up and swiping
  ineffectually at the dangling rope-end. She only succeeded in making it swing.
  She fell back with a considerable splash.
  
  
  “I’m afraid not,” the woman called. “You have to understand, Ms. Creed. There
  are two ways to do things—the hard way and theeasy way.”
  
  
  Annja stood for a moment with the water streaming past her ankles. The words
  were so ridiculous that her mind, already considerably stressed by the moment,
  simply refused to process them.
  
  
  Then reality struck her. “Easy?” she screamed. “Not Easy Ngwenya?”
  
  
  Annja stared. The chill water reached her knees. She stood, utterly
  overwhelmed by the realization that she had just been victimized by the
  world’s most notorious tomb robber.
  
  
  