Although non-fiction, the book is written as a narrative,
tracing the experiences of PhM1c Estel Myers
from Shanghai to Manila to Japan aboard the
Oryoku Maru.
It is the dark, dank hold of this ship that is the
beast referred to in the title.
"I believe strongly that there can never be too many books, movies or
news items about the incredible sacrifices the men and women who fought
in the Pacific made. I am thrilled that this work will be
available soon as it is not just one man's, story, but a mosaic of many
men's stories."