Jeff Shaara

After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat. ... (more)In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest, utterly surprising the unprepared Americans who stand in their way. Through the frigid snows of the mountainous terrain, German tanks and infantry struggle to realize Hitler’s goal: divide the Allied armies and capture the vital port at Antwerp. The attack succeeds in opening up a wide gap in the American lines, and for days chaos reigns in the Allied command. Thus begins the Battle of the Bulge, the last gasp by Hitler’s forces that becomes a horrific slugging match. Presenting his riveting account through the eyes of Eisenhower and Patton and the young GIs who struggle face-to-face with their enemy, and through the eyes of Germany’s old soldier, Gerd von Rundstedt, and Hitler’s golden boy, Albert Speer, Jeff Shaara carries the reader on a journey that defines the spirit of the soldier and the horror of a madman’s dreams. No Less Than Victory further solidifies Shaara’s reputation as this era’s most accomplished author of historical military fiction.

Jeff Shaara, son of Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Shaara, will grace the store to discuss his newest WWII novel, Steel Wave. Jeff, the author of Gods and Generals, has a strong following so be here early to get a seat!

"New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, America's premier author of military historical fiction, will read from and sign his new book The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II ($28.00 Random House), the centerpiece of his epic trilogy of the Second World War. Taking us from G.I. to general, this ... (more)story carries the reader through the war's most crucial juncture - the invasion that altered the flow of the war, and, ultimately, changed history."

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara presents The Steel Wave, the second book in a World War II trilogy, by plunging his readers into the minds of the commanders who gave the orders and the soldier who carried them out with the rifle and bayonet. Familiar names emerge, each with ... (more)a distinctive voice: Bradley, Patton, Eisenhower, Churchill, Marshall, Montgomery, Hitler and more. From GI to general, this centerpiece of Jeff Shaara's saga carries the reader through the events of the most crucial weeks of the Second World War - events that altered the flow of the war and, ultimately, changed history.

Books for signing must be purchased from Left Bank Books or at the event. World War II Military Historian and University of Missouri - Rolla Professor John C. McManus will introduce Jeff Shaara.

The second riveting volume in Shaara's acclaimed World War II trilogy takes readers to the most famous chapter in the war--D-Day and the battle for Normandy. An absolute master of the historical novel, Shaara begins an ambitious trilogy about the conflict that defined the 20th century. With painstaking ... (more)historical detail and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic events of World War II in brilliant detail. His muscular prose, deft sense of military drama and relentless pacing are well suited for this must have crackerjack saga.