
The mesmerisingnew novel from the acclaimed author of The Bellwether Revivals: a rich & immersive story of love, obsession, creativity & disintegration. On a forestedisland off the coast of Istanbul stands Portmantle, a gated refuge for beleaguered artists. There, a curious assembly of painters, architects, writers & musicians strive to restore their faded talents. Elspeth ` Knell` Conroy is a celebrated painterwho has lost faith in her abilityand fled the dizzying art scene of 1960s London. On the isl&, she spends her nightslocked in her blacked-out studio, testing a strangenewpigmentfor her elusive masterpiece. But whenadisaffected teenager named Fullerton arrives at the refuge, hedisrupts its established routines. He is plagued by a recurring nightmare that steers him into danger, & Knell is left to pick apart the chilling mystery. Where did the boy come from, what is ` The Ecliptic`, & how does itrelate to their abandoned lives in England?