{"product_id":"diamond-eye-book-kate-quinn-9780063144705","title":"The Diamond Eye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss the thrilling new novel from Kate Quinn, \u003ci\u003eThe Briar Club\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rose Code\u003c\/i\u003e returns with an unforgettable work of WWII historical fiction about a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1937 in the snowbound city of Kyiv, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son--but 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 studious girl to deadly sniper--a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death in this gripping historical thriller. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStill reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when an 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 enemy bullets in the deadliest duel of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on a true story, \u003ci\u003eThe Diamond Eye\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting piece of biographical fiction about heroism born of desperation, of a mother who became a soldier, of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49509572247825,"sku":"GOR013342307","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49530120274193,"sku":"CIN0063144700G","price":7.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49565132751121,"sku":"CIN0063144700VG","price":8.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49794954789137,"sku":"CIN0063144700A","price":7.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50869934653713,"sku":"GOR013335717","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50983193280785,"sku":"NIN9780063144705","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51382937125137,"sku":"GOR014249606","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0063144700.jpg?v=1751069334","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/diamond-eye-book-kate-quinn-9780063144705","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}