The mesmerising new novel from the acclaimed author of The Bellwether Revivals: a rich and immersive story of love, obsession, creativity and disintegration. On a forested island off the coast of Istanbul stands Portmantle, a gated refuge for beleaguered artists. There, a curious assembly of painters, architects, writers and musicians strive to restore their faded talents. Elspeth 'Knell' Conroy is a celebrated painter who has lost faith in her ability and fled the dizzying art scene of 1960s London. On the island, she spends her nights locked in her blacked-out studio, testing a strange new pigment for her elusive masterpiece. But when a disaffected teenager named Fullerton arrives at the refuge, he disrupts its established routines. He is plagued by a recurring nightmare that steers him into danger, and Knell is left to pick apart the chilling mystery. Where did the boy come from, what is 'The Ecliptic', and how does it relate to their abandoned lives in England? 'The Ecliptic is a stunning novel. Wood has created one of the most human and moving characters in recent fiction ... A gorgeous and harrowing work' Emily St. John Mandel, award-winning author of Station Eleven 'An intense evocation ... Vivid and thoughtful and faultlessly sustained' Ned Beauman, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Teleportation Accident 'Combining fine writing with a propulsive plot, The Ecliptic will appeal to fans of Patricia Highsmith and Donna Tartt. It confirms Wood's place among Britain's best young writers' Jonathan Lee, author of Who Is Mr Satoshi? 'Exceptional, beguiling, never less than in the ascendant from the first page to the last' David Whitehouse, author of Mobile Library 'The Bellwether Revivals renders the cruelties and frailties of genius with acuity and tenderness ... Seductive, resonant and disquieting' Eleanor Catton, Man Booker-winning author of The Luminaries
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