The Diamond Eye

A different version of the ASIN B0983KXF42 cover.

The Rose Code's New York Times bestselling author is back with an incredible World War II narrative about a reserved bookworm who grows up to become the deadliest female sniper in history. based on a genuine account.

A witty and bookish history student, Mila Pavlichenko plans her life around her employment as a librarian and her small son in 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv). However, her path is altered by Hitler's invasion of Russia and Ukraine. Mila, armed with a gun and sent to engage in combat, has to transform from a serious student into a lethal sniper, a formidable adversary of the Nazis dubbed Lady Death. After becoming a national hero due to her 300th kill, Mila is taken from the brutal eastern front battlefields and sent on a goodwill trip to the United States.

Mila, still suffering from her war wounds and grieving over her loss, is alone and desolate in the glitzy world of Washington, DC. However, she may find happiness when she forges an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected bond with a quiet fellow sniper. But Lady Death finds herself facing her own demons and enemy bullets in the fiercest combat of her life when an old nemesis from Mila's past teams up with a lethal new opponent hiding in the shadows.

The Diamond Eye, a heartbreaking tale about a mother who became a soldier, a woman who discovered her place in the world, and how her actions altered the course of history forever, is based on a real story.