Exciting news: KateQuinnAuthor’s new novel TheDiamondEye is our April ReadWithMC pick!📚 To celebrate, we're sharing an exclusive excerpt of the book, which comes out today. Read it here:
“Silence, please.” A human saber of a man with a scar on his brow and two St. George Crosses glittering on his chest came striding into the courtyard before the Osoaviakhim marksmanship school, surveying the double line of students arrayed in our new blue tunics. He allowed the stillness to stretch until a few flecks of snow came down from the steely sky, until we were shifting uneasily in our boots, then spoke again in a voice like a rifle shot.
Don’t miss. I had those words stamped on my bones, and there were so many chances to miss in this life—to fail. I stood up even straighter. Because I knew right then and there that if he sent anyone home, it wouldn’t be me.Two years of firearms coursework and drilling squeezed in around my university classes: I’d put in two hours at Kiev University’s Basic Archaeology and Ethnography lecture, then struggle into my blue tunic for two hours of Wednesday-night practice assembling and disassembling the Mosin-Nagant army rifle .
I jerked a nod. The instructor had spent twice as long on my mistakes as anyone else’s—the other two girls just got a nod!—and I could feel the flush rising out of my dark blue collar. He seemed to sense it, turning his back in scorn. I felt my eyes narrow, and two days later I spent three hours memorizing every single change on that building site, not missing one when I rattled them off in class.I had those words stamped on my bones, and there were so many chances to miss in this life—to.
I could have sworn his eyes stopped on me, deliberate and taunting, but I stood leaning quietly on my rifle and let the younger boys scramble forward. I analyzed their misses: they were shooting too fast, eager to impress. “That could spring from a good instinct,” he said. “Showing yourself—that’s dangerous for a sniper. You’re only invulnerable as long as you’re unseen.”Showing yourself—that’s dangerous for a sniper. You’re only invulnerable as long as you’re unseen.
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