This novel probes and reveals the hitherto untold full story of the massacre of torpedo squadrons at Midway. The historical record has covered over the obsoleteness of the planes, the lack of fuel, the dud torpedoes, and many other deficiencies which are discovered in preparations for battle by pilots who die in the attack on the Japanese fleet. Clay Hunt, the book's hero, and his squadron mates struggle to live with a fate that develops at sea and with their wives and lovers. Poor tactics and deadly command mistakes are opened up in a description of a scandalous coverup.