Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret: the gripping and suspenseful story of a young woman who unwittingly becomes a perfect asset in the long overdue finale of a covert special op“Exquisite... Ilium is like James Bond as told by the New Yorker.” –Good Morning AmericaThe young English narrator of Lea Carpenter’s dazzling new novel has grown up unhappily in London, dreaming of escape, pretending to be someone else and obsessed with a locked private garden. On the eve of her twenty-first birthday, at a party near that garden, she meets its charismatic and mysterious new owner, Marcus, thirty-three years older, who sweeps her off her feet. Before long they are married at his finca in Mallorca, and at last she has escaped into a new role – but at what price? On their honeymoon in Croatia, Marcus reveals there is something she can do for him—a plan is in place and she can help with “a favor.”This turns out to be posing as an art advisor to a family on Cap Ferret, where Marcus asks her to simply “listen.” A helicopter deposits her at a remote, highly guarded and lavishly appointed compound on a spit of land in the Atlantic. It’s presided over by an enigmatic, charming patriarch Edouard, along with his wife Dasha, children Nikki and Felix, and populated by a revolving cast of other guests—some suspicious, some intriguing, perhaps none, like her, what they seem.Brilliantly compelling, this is a spellbinding and unexpectedly poignant story of a long- planned, high-stakes CIA-Mossad operation that only needed the right asset to complete.Spotlight On “Ilium” By Lea Carpenter | LitStack The young English narrator of Lea Carpenter's dazzling new novel [Ilium] . Ilium is a beautiful book about love and war and innocence lost. Ilium: A Novel Paperback – 2025 by Lea Carpenter - eBay Very nice book, as described, arrived in great condition, great price, good communication, and fast shipping. Highly recommend this seller. Reply from: micky- . Ilium - Dan Simmons - Apple Books Publisher Description. The Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on Mars -- observed and influenced from on high by Zeus and his immortal family -- and . Ilium: A Novel | Anderson's Bookshop Naperville Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret: the gripping and suspenseful . If the Prophet had not lived. | Books - The Guardian Justina Robson explores an empire that never fell in Robert Silverberg's Roma Eterna and a far-future Greece in Dan Simmons's Ilium.