When celebrity Sloane Mercer is found posed inside a rooftop pool, drained of blood and surrounded by shattered mirrors, journalist Celia Vale knows the murder was designed to be seen. The discovery beside the body makes it personal: a pendant that belonged to Celia's sister Lena, whose supposed overdose was buried three years earlier. As the city names the killer Glassblood and turns each death into spectacle, Celia follows Lena's trail through luxury towers, galleries, sealed archives, and the circles of people who erase scandal for a living. Her key ally is Adrian Mire, a crime scene restoration specialist who remembers details the police chose to forget and whose connection to Lena may be deeper than he admits. Each victim exposes another fragment of a conspiracy built around stolen children, reconstructed identities, psychological conditioning, and a secret experiment called Project Eidolon. The closer Celia comes to the truth, the less certain she becomes that her memories, family, or even her name truly belong to her. Powerful figures are searching for the evidence Lena left behind. The killer is transforming buried crimes into public art. Someone spent decades deciding which damaged children deserve rescue, which identities can be rewritten, and which lives may be erased. To uncover what happened to Lena, Celia must confront the possibility that her sister's death was not the beginning of the story. It was the moment someone tried to make sure the truth died with her.



Alaric Westgrave is an author of psychological horror, dark academia, supernatural suspense, and mystery fiction. His stories explore fractured memories, hidden institutions, inherited secrets, grief, identity, and the terrifying consequences of confronting truths meant to remain buried. Known for creating unsettling atmospheres, morally complex characters, and mysteries that blur the boundary between reality and the supernatural, Westgrave draws readers into worlds where danger often begins within the mind. Through emotionally charged storytelling and carefully layered suspense, he writes haunting novels that challenge readers to question what they remember, whom they trust, and how much of themselves they would sacrifice to uncover the truth.