World War II. The Japanese Imperial Army had invaded the Philippines. The forces of American General Douglas MacArthur, defenders of the country, had surrendered ----- Meanwhile, an American schoolteacher was leading the ragtag band of Filipino guerrillas he had organized, known in the jungle as the "Bolo Battalion," in a suicide mission to drive the enemy out of his adopted Visayan town ... ----- AN HONEST HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT GREED, GUTS, AND GODLESS GROUNDS.