When legendary Hollywood filmmaker Dorian Vale is found dead beside a running camera, the scene looks like art. It is perfectly lit, obsessively staged, and signed in blood with three chilling words: "Scene 100 The End."Detective Silas Wren, a broken profiler with a talent for decoding obsession, is drawn into the most twisted case of his career. Vale's death seems scripted, his films filled with hidden symbols and cryptic messages, and every reel points to one conclusion: the director predicted his own murder.As Silas investigates, he discovers a secret society of artists called The Celluloid Circle, filmmakers who believe true immortality can be achieved only through sacrifice captured on film. Each movie hides another clue, another victim, another piece of a terrifying masterpiece.Soon, Silas begins appearing inside the films themselves. Reality fractures, the screen watches back, and the final scene is already written with his name on it.