Two brown girls dream of being dancers, but only one has talent, while the other has grand ideas.
Penguin Books
Follows a magistrate of the border outpost as the reckless behavior of the Empire he serves threatens to trigger a Barbarian invasion. He begins to question imperialism when he saves a young ‘barbarian’ and realizes that all is not what it appears to be.
Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen is hitting the rights market hard. The book has drawn favorable comparisons to Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, described as Girl on a Train meets To Die For.
Eileen Dunlop divides her days between caring for her alcoholic father and dealing with juvenile delinquents as a secretary at a boy’s prison, but things get interesting when a new co-worker, Rebecca Saint John, starts to get her out of her rut.
A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career, chronicling his role—in the battlefield and in the Oval Office—in transforming the way America wages war and sheds light on issues of domestic espionage.