Jeff Shaarais theNew York Timesbestselling author ofA Chain of Thunder,A Blaze of Glory,The Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the Last Man, The Glorious Cause, Rise to Rebellion,andGone for Soldiers,as well asGods and GeneralsandThe Last Full Measure-two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic,The Killer Angels. Shaara was born into a family of Italian immigrants in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated from Florida State University. He lives in Gettysburg.
The indelible panorama [Jeff] Shaara paints . . . draws us into the horror and heroism of war. -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Magnificent . . . Intense, compelling, and thoroughly researched, this is much more than just an excellent historical novel. -- Library Journal Pounding with fierce action and human drama, and packed with accurately rendered history, The Steel Wave is an eye-opening reminder of the bitterly high price that combat soldiers have always been called upon to pay. -- St. Petersburg Times In this great, often moving novel of conflict, [Jeff] Shaara channels the roiling experiences of men in the midst of a tumultuous enterprise whose outcome was by no means certain. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Stirring . . . Shaara [is the] master of the war novel. -- Chicago Tribune From the Trade Paperback edition.