The Last Soldier is a powerful family memoir that traces the extraordinary life of Pen Seang, a Cambodian soldier who rose from a rural farming family in the 1940s to become one of the few high-ranking officers to survive the Khmer Rouge genocide.

Written by Theron D. Ledford from the recollections of Sopha Pen (Pen Seang’s daughter), the book follows his journey through French colonial service, independence, the Lon Nol regime, the horrors of Democratic Kampuchea, the Vietnamese occupation, and his later years in Cambodia and the United States—revealing a story of resilience, hidden identities, unlikely salvation, and unbreakable devotion to family and country.