But when an old enemy from Mila’s past joins forces with a terrifying new foe, she finds herself in the deadliest duel of her life. Still reeling from her wartime experiences and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself lonely and isolated in Washington, DC until she finds an unexpected ally in First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and an unexpected promise of a different future. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila is torn from the battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Handed a rifle, Mila discovers a gift – and months of blood, sweat and tears turn the young woman into a deadly sniper: the most lethal hunter of Nazis. Suddenly, she and her friends must take up arms to save their country from the Fuhrer’s destruction. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev, aspiring historian Lyudmila (Mila) Pavlichenko’s life revolves around her young son and her library job – until Hitler’s invasion of Russia changes everything.
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