After the United States forces Japan to surrender by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945, a mystical Shinto priest designates army veteran Maseo Iwata to head up Project Fifty. The sole purpose of the project is to take revenge against the USA. During the next fifty years, Maseo and his team work hard to prevent detection by not only Allied Occupation Headquarters, but also the newly formed government of Japan and the American Central Intelligence Agency.
Even though the team members individually achieve great economic success, jealously and betrayal threaten to destroy the group from within.
THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, LC, is dean of the theology school at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rome. He has also worked extensively for Sky News in Britain covering church and ethical issues. For both NBC and Sky News, Williams covered the final illness and death of Pope John Paul II, the 2005 papal conclave, and the election of Pope Benedict XVI. Williams has appeared as analyst on church affairs for CNN, CBS, ABC, and Fox News and now serves as consultant on Vatican affairs for NBC News and MSNBC.