The ecliptic

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.

One, 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.