TEN DEGREES OF RECKONING by Hester Rumberg — Hester Rumberg’s TEN DEGREES OF RECKONING, pitched as part Adrift, part Civil Action, the story of Judith Sleavin, the lone survivor of the shipwreck of her family’s boat the Melinda Lee that was hit due to the recklessness of a freighter near the shores of New Zealand, including her search for justice, and the friendships that have sustained her through such catastrophic loss, to Amy Einhorn at Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, in a significant deal, at auction, by Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff & Associates (NA)