Villa

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Lily wakes up in a luxury villa in the middle of the desert. The cameras are rolling.
The new season of a hit reality show is about to begin, and she is one of twenty chosen contestants. To win, she must complete tasks. They start off simple and fun – competing for a lipstick, champagne or garden furniture.
But then the producers up the ante.
The challenges get more dangerous, the rewards more tempting. And tension rises between the contestants…

Where does the game end and the fight for survival begin?
What is a real relationship and what is just tactics?
And does anyone even care that the world outside the villa walls is falling apart?

AISLING RAWLE (born 1998) is an Irish author and screenwriter. She grew up in County Leitrim in the west of Ireland and now lives in Dublin, where she works as an English teacher. Her debut novel, The Villa, instantly grabbed international attention with its original blend of dystopia, satire and critique of the influencer world. The book won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction 2025.

Acclaim for the book

"A debut so gripping and addictive, it beats reality TV at its own game. Why watch television when Aisling Rawle does it better?"
— Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby

"It is fun to watch beautiful people do crazy things… A smart, provocative and wildly addictive novel."
— The New York Times Book Review

"A scathing critique of reality TV in our world, where the gamification of love and power is sold as entertainment."
— Michelle Min Sterling, author of Camp Zero