A group of elite Shakespearean thespians at a remote conservatory find their intense camaraderie warped by jealousy, ambition, and obsession, until tragedy strikes and suspicion fractures their bond. Told through the eyes of Oliver Marks, freshly released from prison and haunted by his murky past, the novel explores the deadly consequences of art imitating life—where roles bleed into reality and loyalty is as fragile as the stage.
A ragtag group of night‑shift workers—an editor, a bartender, a rideshare driver, a receptionist, and a church caretaker—gather for midnight smokes in their college cemetery, only to stumble upon a freshly dug grave that defies explanation. Chasing the mysterious gravedigger through moonlit gravestones, their night spirals into an eerie investigation that blurs the line between academic intrigue and gothic unease.
