by Jeff Shaara
First published 2015
November 1864. General William Tecumseh Sherman stands victorious in Atlanta, his army poised to carve a path of destruction through Georgia to the sea. Behind him lies a conquered Tennessee. Ahead waits Savannah and the Atlantic coast. Sherman has vowed to make Georgia howl until it surrenders, and his troops prepare to sweep away any Confederate resistance in their path. Standing against this Federal juggernaut is General Joseph E. Johnston, the South's last great hope. Johnston knows his army's limitations but accepts the crushing burden of mounting one final desperate defense of the Confederacy. As Sherman's legendary march unfolds through the Georgia countryside, both commanders and common soldiers face the reality that this war will not end quietly. The conflict builds toward a storm of fury that will devastate everything in its path during the final eight months of America's bloodiest war.
Genres: american-civil-war, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, military-fiction, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers
Setting: Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Tennessee
Period: November 1864
615 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books
Content warnings: violence, war