Shadows of Saint Lazarus

In the fictional Eastern European nation of Vorania, a disgraced financial journalist stumbles upon a secret society operating behind the facade of a biotechnology corporation. The group orchestrates a mass delusion during the annual Carnival of Saint Lazarus, using ancient rituals masked as corporate retreats to commit synchronized fraud and human sacrifice. Each crime scene reveals a deeper layer of collective psychosis, where perpetrators believe they are reclaiming divinity by erasing moral boundaries. As the journalist digs deeper, she realizes the conspiracy extends from boardrooms to government chambers, forcing her to confront the terrifying possibility that evil is not an aberration but a latent instinct awakened by ritualistic permission.