English Summary/英文概要： Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.
Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe’s western front. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire, a fierce German army is on the other. Shaara opens the window onto the otherworldly tableau of trench warfare as seen through the eyes of a typical British soldier who experiences the bizarre and the horrible–a “Tommy” whose innocent youth is cast into the hell of a terrifying war.
In the skies, meanwhile, technology has provided a devastating new tool, the aeroplane, and with it a different kind of hero emerges–the flying ace. Soaring high above the chaos on the ground, these solitary knights duel in the splendor and terror of the skies, their courage and steel tested with every flight.
As the conflict stretches into its third year, a neutral America is goaded into war, its reluctant president, Woodrow Wilson, finally accepting the repeated challenges to his stance of nonalignment. Yet the Americans are woefully unprepared and ill equipped to enter a war that has become worldwide in scope. The responsibility is placed on the shoulders of General John “Blackjack” Pershing, and by mid-1917 the first wave of the American Expeditionary Force arrives in Europe. Encouraged by the bold spirit and strength of the untested Americans, the world waits to see if the tide of war can finally be turned.
From Blackjack Pershing to the Marine in the trenches, from the Red Baron to the American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, To the Last Man is written with the moving vividness and accuracy that characterizes all of Shaara’s work. This spellbinding new novel carries readers–the way only Shaara can–to the heart of one of the greatest conflicts in human history, and puts them face-to-face with the characters who made a lasting impact on the world.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 傑夫•沙拉的作品曾以美國內戰和獨立戰爭時期為歷史背景，他的《紐約時報》暢銷小說曾吸引了無數讀者。現在這位著名的作家將目光投向了一戰，生動全面地再現了，美國作為世界大國，在一戰對當時那一代人所造成的傷害的一部動人的歷史故事。
年春天：歐洲的西線戰事正陷於可怕的拉鋸之中，法國和英國共同位於鐵絲網的一側，殘暴的德軍位於戰線的另一側。沙拉向我們展示了這場空前絕後的戰爭場面，就像他通過一位普通英國士兵的親身經歷來敘述這場奇異可怕的世界大戰— 一位名叫"湯米"的無辜青年被迫置身于這場如同煉獄般的可怕戰事之中。
時，技術實力提供了一種極具破壞性的新型戰爭工具，噴射機，隨著它的誕生同時出現了一種不同類型的英雄–王牌飛行員。他們在混亂的戰地上展翅高飛，這些獨行騎士在可怕的空中進行著壯觀的決戰，他們的每次飛行都驗證著自己的勇氣和鋼鐵意志。
場戰爭衝突延續至第三個年頭，保持中立的美國瀕臨於戰爭的邊緣，當時不願參戰的美國總統，伍德羅•威爾遜，最後終於接受了挑戰，打破了他不結盟的立場。不過，美國人對於這場遍及全世界範圍內的戰爭卻絲毫沒有做好心理準備，武器裝備更是少得可憐。此刻的重擔落在了被譽為"黑桃克"的美國陸軍上將約翰•潘興的肩上，他在1917年中期率領第一批美國遠征軍抵達歐洲。未經戰事的美國人受到了大無畏精神和勇氣的鼓舞，全世界正期待著戰爭的發展形勢終於可以有所逆轉。
從美國一戰上將約翰•潘興到激戰的飛行員，從譽為紅男爵的王牌德國飛行員曼弗雷德•馮•裡希特霍芬到拉菲特飛行小隊的美國飛行員。《To the Last Man》用生動、準確的筆觸折射出沙拉的敘述功力。這部引人入勝的全新小說將帶領讀者 — 以沙拉獨有的方式 — 領略到人類歷史上這場最為壯觀的戰爭場面，並得以直面這些對世界造成最終影響的歷史人物。(Sandy)

傑夫•沙拉出生在新澤西州的新不倫瑞克省，在佛羅里達州達拉哈西市長大的。1974年他畢業于佛羅里達州立大學，獲得刑事學學位後在達拉哈西市居住。
他撰寫過《眾神與將軍》和《終極衡量》，這兩部書的前傳和續篇，已表示對他父親邁克爾的獲獎小說《殺手天使》致敬。傑夫在他父親去世後不久也繼承了他的事業，撰寫了歷史小說，記錄了美國戰爭和其在歷史上最為相關的人物，傑夫一共為《紐約時報》撰寫過八部暢銷書小說。
2010年，他完成了有關二次世界大戰在歐洲和北非戰線的三部曲。第四部關於第二次世界大戰小說，題為《最後的風暴》，涵述了太平洋戰爭尾聲，並在2011年5 月17日發表。他說他然後回歸內戰寫作，將這三部曲小說的故事背景設置在西線戰區。之後，莎拉正在考慮繼續記錄撰寫有關朝鮮戰爭或越南戰爭記事。
2003年，華納兄弟製作了與他書名同步的一部主流電影《眾神與將軍》。沙拉的作品受到美國圖書館協會的三個文學大獎。他還被授予林肯論壇"理查•納爾遜醋粟栗獎"、紐約內戰圓桌會議"威利•貝爾獎"和佛羅里達州立大學作為一個傑出校友的"阿特斯獎"。

JEFF SHAARA is the New York Times bestselling author of The Glorious Cause, Rise to Rebellion, and Gone for Soldiers, as well as Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure–two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father’s Pulitzer Prize—winning classic The Killer Angels. Jeff was born in 1952 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 Missoula, Montana. Visit the author online at www.JeffShaara.com.