{"product_id":"9781915310569","title":"Operation Toba","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Japanese Empire prepares to strike south in 1941, Malaya becomes the stage for a shadow war of spies, saboteurs and secret allegiances.   Masumi Toba, a Japanese Canadian veteran turned covert agent, hides his divided loyalties behind a camera lens in Singapore. Philip Rance, a British colonial, and his Chinese `brother' Ah Zun serve as undercover operatives, their sons destined to inherit a dangerous legacy. One becomes a Gurkha officer, the other a deep-cover infiltrator in the Malayan Communist Party.   A clerical error gives their mission an unlikely name - Operation Toba - but in the jungles of Malaya, mistakes can mean death. As the Japanese invasion begins, these men must navigate treachery, loyalty, and survival in a war where every choice carries the weight of empire.   Operation Toba is the eleventh in a series of books involving Gurkha military units that may be read in any order. The author, JP Cross, a retired Gurkha colonel, old `jungle hand' and counter-insurgency expert, draws on real events he witnessed during his time fighting in the Malayan Emergency.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55734130770296,"sku":"9781915310569","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781915310569","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}