Sweden

This is not a "war novel." It's not about blood and killing. It's about peace and escape from hell to an unknown. It's about taking chances and not knowing if you'll make it, and what kind of man you'll be at the end of that process. Uncertainty.

As war rages in Vietnam, a group of American deserters holed up in Japan plot their escape with help from local peace activists. Their destination: Sweden.

Based on a remarkable series of true events, Sweden takes readers on an exhilarating journey from the killing fields of Vietnam to a fogbound fishing port on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, with stops at a volcanic island in Japan's subtropical south and a student-occupied university campus in Tokyo along the way.

Sweden is your destination to discover a part of American history you never knew.