Review: The Two Terrors of Tulelake

THE TWO TERRORS OF TULELAKE

By WM Gunn

Historical Fiction / Science Fiction / Thriller

Pages: 320

Publication Date: October 15, 2024

SYNOPSIS

The horrors of World War II shocked the world. Americans believed it could never happen here in our own borders…until it did.

Ichiro Hisakawa and his family were part of the American culture – living the American Dream – until February 19, 1942, when President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that branded them “the others.” Taken from their homes and stripped of their citizenship due to their ancestry, they endured deplorable conditions in the “relocation camps.” Typhus ran rampant through the camp, and riots were a daily occurrence. And for the first time, America was scornful. Life was difficult, and the Hisakawa family did their best to endure it all.

However, 16-year-old Ichiro wasn’t prepared for the betrayal, murder, and escape that was waiting for him. And how did Bobby King, a sixteen-year-old from 2017, find himself in 1942 and friend to Ichiro?

Read The Two Terrors of Tulelake, a story based upon historical facts that many Americans today are unaware of.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WM Gunn is a native Texan who spent many years in the pharmaceutical industry in sales, sales management, and training and development. He is active in writing groups and volunteering with non-profit groups. He lives in his hometown in Texas with his high school sweetheart and bride of many years.

To date, he has written dozens of short stories, novellas, and novels. Holmes, Moriarty, and the Monkeys and Chasing the Sun are two novellas released earlier in 2024. Visit his website, wm-gunn.com.

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The Two Terrors of Tulelake by WM Gunn is unlike most things I’ve read. Now, this could likely be because I do not read historical fiction that is closer to history then, say, romance (I am a big fan of historical romance). Two Terrors is a historical fiction tale about the internment of Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor back in 1941.

The story itself is a fast-paced, page-turning tale with layers of truth. So many people from Japanese roots had to experience the racism of being seen as something like “other” - as “not American” and as “the enemy”. It’s sadly something that we still see today with many groups of people that are continued to be seen as the “other”.

Gunn did a fantastic job with weaving a fictional story within the base of reality and truth. I did not know much about the Japanese internment camps going into this read, but I feel that this story was able to show me enough about it to understand. I appreciated that the story was not rushed, but instead had a good pacing to keep me interested in continuing with the story. The Two terrors of Tulelake is truly one of those books that tells you the facts of what was happening, brazenly, and without apology. Just because one would shelf it under fiction, does not mean that truth does not bleed from its sentences.

I recommend this book to readers of history, historical fiction, and most importantly, to readers who do not touch historical fiction. Let yourself be told the truth of what was so it can show you what is happening around you now.

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