THE DIVINERS Rights Are Picked Up By Paramount

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The trend of nabbing projects before they are even released in book form continues. Paramount has picked up the rights to New York Times Best Selling Author Libba Bray’s upcoming novel The Diviners. This news was given to us by The Wrap.

The book wont be released until September, and it the first of four novels. The story is set in the 1920s, and it "follows a group of young New Yorkers with mysterious powers who play a dramatic role when a series of occult-based murders begins to terrify the city."

“The Diviners” will be published this September by Little, Brown Books and is the first in a four-part book series.

All in all it sounds like a decent story. I guess we will have to wait and see what this series has to offer. Anyone excited about this? Let us know what you think.

Here's the description of the book:

Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is pos-i-toot-ly thrilled. New York is the city of speakeasies, shopping, and movie palaces! Soon enough, Evie is running with glamorous Ziegfield girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is Evie has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult--also known as "The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies."

When a rash of occult-based murders comes to light, Evie and her uncle are right in the thick of the investigation. And through it all, Evie has a secret: a mysterious power that could help catch the killer--if he doesn't catch her first.

McMurphy Out!