Last Man Standing is a crime thriller novel written by David Baldacci and released on November 6, 2001 by Warner Books.

[1][2] The novel depicts an ambush on an FBI Hostage Rescue Team unit and the titular sole survivor's investigation into how it happened and who could be responsible for it.

Baldacci acknowledges a number of technical advisors for his novel including Chris Whitcomb, a former HRT sniper who was at Ruby Ridge and Waco.

London, the pointman of the operation, suddenly freezes up and falls over, watching helplessly as the rest of Charlie is killed in the raid.

Now mentally and physically scarred by the incident and distrusted by the FBI, London aims to prove his innocence and attempt to understand what happened in the alleyway.