The compelling & timely new novel by the author of One Night, Markovitch Dr Eitan Green is a good man. He saves lives. Then, speeding along a deserted moonlit road in his SUV after an exhausting hospital shift, he hits someone. Seeing that the man, an African migrant, is beyond help, he flees the scene. It is a decision that changes everything. Because the dead man`s wife knows what happened. & when she knocks at Eitan`s door the next day, tall & beautiful, holding his wallet, he discovers that her price is not money. It is something else entirely, something that will shatter Eitan`s safe existence & take him into a world of secrets & lies he could never have anticipated. Waking Lions is a gripping, suspenseful & morally devastating drama of guilt & survival, shame & desire. It looks at the darkness inside all of us to ask: what would we do? What are any of us capable of? Ayelet Gundar-Goshen was born in Israel in 1982 & holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from Tel Aviv University. Her film scripts have won prizes at international festivals, including the Berlin Today Award & the New York City Short Film Festival Award. Waking Lions, her second novel, has been translated into five languages. One Night, Markovitch, her first novel, won the prestigious Sapir Prize for best debut, & is also published by Pushkin Press.