THE VEINS OF MIDNIGHT
Behind the velvet ropes, pleasure has a price. Some guests pay with their lives.
In the glittering nightlife of Manhattan, photographer Julian Vance makes his living capturing beautiful people in their most unforgettable moments.
But when his sister Anya disappears after investigating an exclusive nightclub known as the Velvet Room, Julian discovers something far more sinister beneath its glamorous exterior.
Behind locked doors, an underground medical operation is conducting unauthorized experiments on human emotion, memory, and behavior. Its subjects believe they're experiencing the ultimate nightlife escape. In reality, they are becoming part of a terrifying scientific enterprise.
As Julian follows a trail of missing patrons, compromised medical professionals, and powerful financiers, he discovers that his own photographs have been used to select victims.
And his sister may hold the key to exposing everything.
But rescuing Anya is only the beginning.
Dark, provocative, and psychologically charged, The Veins of Midnight explores the dangerous intersection of wealth, addiction, medical ethics, and the human desire to escape reality.
When the music stops, who will remember what happened after midnight?
A dark psychological thriller by Ricky Sano.