First casualty of the un-dead - Even the un-dead can feel the call of patriotism. One of the Kindred, Desidra, has managed to get herself assigned as a code breaker for U.S. Army Intelligence in the Pacific, where her vampiric skills can help turn the tide in the greatest naval engagement in world history-the Battle of Midway.

But when she is assigned a clandetine mission in Japan, Desidra's secret identity becomes a problem. For she has foolishly fallen in love with a mortal - a Japanese mortal and she must choose between her loyalty to the USA and the Kindred's secret code of imortal love...