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\;Quinn is the au thor of several \;New York Times \;bestsellers\, including "The Al ice Network"\, "The Huntress"\, and "The Rose Code".
\nQuinn&rsquo\; s latest book\, "The Diamond Eye\," offers \;an unforgettable World Wa r II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history&rsquo\;s deadliest femal e sniper. Based on a true story. \;
\nIn 1937\, in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv)\, wry and bookish history student Mila P avlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son - b ut Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight\, Mila must forge herself from st udious young woman to deadly sniper - a lethal hunter of Nazis known as La dy Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroi ne\, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern f ront and sent to America on a goodwill tour.
\nStill reeling from wa r wounds and devastated by loss\, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely i n the glittering world of Washington\, DC - until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. But when a n old enemy from Mila's past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows\, Lady Death finds herself battling her own demons\, and enem y bullets\, in the deadliest duel of her life.
\nBased on a true sto ry\, "The Diamond Eye" is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation\ , of a woman and mother who became a soldier and who found her place in th e world that changed the course of history forever.
\nAbout the Auth or: Kate Quinn is a New York Times bestselling author of historical fictio n. \; She is a native of Southern California\, and she attended Boston University\, where she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in classica l voice. A lifelong history buff\, she has written four novels in the Empr ess of Rome Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before turni ng to the 20th century with "The Alice Network"\, "The Huntress"\, \;a nd "The Rose Code'". She and her husband now live in Seattle with their re scue dogs.
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