THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2024 by Lea Carpenter

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Carpenter, Lea, author.

Title: Ilium / Lea Carpenter.

Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023002574 (print) | LCCN 2023002575 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593536605 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593536612 (ebook)

Subjects: LCGFT: Thrillers (Fiction) | Spy fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3603.A7698 I55 2024 (print) | LCC PS3603.A7698 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20230123

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2023002574

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2023002575

Ebook ISBN 9780593536612

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Cover design by Janet Hansen

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