A WWII novel of courage and conviction, based on the true experience of the men who fought fires as conscientious objectors and the women who fought prejudice to serve in the Women's Army Corps.
Since the attack on Pearl Harbor, Gordon Hooper and his buddy Jack Armitage have stuck to their values as conscientious objectors. Much to their familiesâ and countryâs chagrin, they volunteer as smokejumpers rather than enlisting,
parachuting into and extinguishing raging wildfires in Oregon. But the number of winter blazes theyâre called to seems suspiciously high, and when an accident leaves Jack badly injured, Gordon realizes the facts donât add up.
A member of the Womenâs Army Corps, Dorie Armitage has long been ashamed of her brotherâs pacifism, but sheâs shocked by news of his accident. Determined to find out why he was harmed, she arrives at the national forest under the guise of
conducting an army report ⌠and finds herself forced to work with Gordon. He believes itâs wrong to lie; sheâs willing to do whatever it takes for justice to be done. As they search for clues, Gordon and Dorie must wrestle with their
convictions about war and peace and decide what to do with the troubling secrets they discover.