Elias Marrow, a failed poet haunted by his mother’s death, receives a mysterious invitation to a living palace where guests become prey in a midnight hunt. Guided by cryptic clues, a scarred librarian, and echoes of his past, he navigates shifting corridors, breathing books, and mirrored horrors. Facing the hunter who embodies his abandoned dreams, Elias plants a seed of truth in its heart, survives until dawn, and wins a wish: to reclaim his mother’s final breath. The palace collapses, but its whispers linger in ordinary days.
