"[An] exciting read . . . [Jeff] Shaara returns to the U.S. Civil
War in this first book of a new trilogy. . . . This novel is
meticulously researched and brings a vivid reality to the historical
events depicted."--Library Journal
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Spring 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of
collapse. General Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to abandon the
critical city of Nashville and rally his troops in defense of the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnston's trail are two of the
Union's best generals: Ulysses Grant and Don Carlos Buell. If their
combined forces can crush Johnston's army and capture the railroad, the
war in the West likely will be over. There's just one problem: Johnston
knows of the Union plans and is poised to launch an audacious surprise
attack on Grant's encampment--a small settlement in southwestern
Tennessee anchored by a humble church named Shiloh.
Drawing on meticulous research, Jeff Shaara dramatizes the key decisions
of the commanders on both sides of the conflict--and brings to life the
junior officers, conscripts, and enlisted men who gave their all for the
cause. With stunning immediacy, Shaara takes us inside the maelstrom of
Shiloh as no novelist has before.
**"Brilliant . . . riveting . . . a work to be
embraced."--Bookreporter
**
Includes a preview of Jeff Shaara's next Civil War novel, A Chain of
Thunder
