The Shadow Feast

In the Republic of Meridian, the centuries-old Masque of Absolution becomes a hunting ground for a collective killer. When a judge is crucified by a silent crowd of identical masks, prosecutor Lena Kross realizes the crime defies all profiling—each psychological assessment feels less like science and more like sketching the shadow God left behind. Behind the carnival joy, an ancient group psychosis awakens, guided by a sealed grand jury memo that hides behind attorney-client privilege. Inspired by the legal fractures of In re Grand Jury, this Pierre Lemaitre-style noir plunges into the abyss where the law becomes the demon's mask.