In Candle in the Window, Seth Coleman and Rachel Ramsey, who are pledged to marry, are caught in a web of lifes adversities forcing them to be separated. Seth is drafted into the army and must serve a tour of duty in Korea during the height of the war. Rachel is kidnapped by powerful Oriental drug lords and is held hostage in Japan in an attempt to thwart interference into their illicit operations by Rachels father, General Erik von Horstmann, who is the director of the narcotics division in the Far East. While on his rest-and-recuperation furlough in Japan, Seth becomes involved in helping to free Rachel from her abductors. A web of intrigue tightens, as all players Rachels father and his rescue team, and the drug lords involved in bargaining for Rachels life escalate the suspense. Added to the nightmare of events, Mother Nature exerts her power, unleashing the damaging fury of a tsunami, which impacts all players.