📕 As the Japanese assault on Malaya begins, naivety and
misadventure sends Australian marine engineer, Richard into
the care of English doctor, Greda and her philandering planter
husband, Edward.
In a maelstrom of events, the lives of Richard, Greda, Edward, the
malicious Captain Heenan and enigmatic Chinese refugee Eva—
consort to all three men—become desolately entwined.
With the island under siege, amidst the illusion of resistance by
the Empire’s defenders, Richard and Greda confront a wretched
paradigm amongst the frenetic crush to board the last ship
casting off from the doomed colony.
Deeply With The Sun In Our Eyes is a gripping literary thriller,
combining an intriguing labyrinth of contours and charismatic
people. Destiny and abiding love are enmeshed with a tumult of
treachery and honour in the shadow of the fall of Singapore, the
greatest catastrophe of World War II.