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Synopsis

THERE ARE PERFORMANCES YOU LEAVE.
AND OTHERS THAT REFUSE TO LET YOU GO.

New York, 1929. Beneath the glitter of Prohibition, a secret society of actors gathers to perform—no audience, no applause, only devotion.

Thomas Barese never intended to return to the stage. But when a figure from his past draws him back, he is pulled into a private ritual: an enactment of Romeo and Juliet where roles are assigned without warning—and breaking character is unthinkable.

The script is not a guide, but law.
Shakespeare is not interpreted. He is enforced.

As the performance deepens, past wounds resurface and the boundary between self and role begins to erode. Haunted by the disappearance of a former member—and by a secret of his own—Thomas enters a world where the stage exerts an unyielding power.

A slow-burning literary noir shaped by Shakespearean tragedy, Shakespeare’s Vengeance explores the moment a role overtakes the one who plays it, and the perilous line where devotion slips into illusion, and illusion into something far more dangerous.

“A haunting blend of historical atmosphere and psychological tension.”
— Reader’s Favorite, 5 stars

“A profound interplay of literary suspense and gothic noir.”
— NetGalley reviewer

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