Every great story has a victim.

After a chance encounter reunites a novelist with his former friend Phil, things take a sinister turn.

Phil recounts a near-death experience from his youth: an extraordinary story involving a mysterious woman who changed his life forever.

As Phil's tale grows darker, the possibility of turning it into a bestseller becomes irresistible to the author.

But is Phil playing a game?

Is there a twist one of them won't see coming?

And will it be fatal?

A dark and witty psychological thriller, Andrew Komarnyckyj's THE COVERT MEMOIR is a story of betrayal, obsession, and revenge.