A single pill can change everything — but what happens to the ones left standing? After Grace’s sudden death from a fentanyl-laced pill, her family fractures under the weight of grief. But while everyone struggles to breathe again, one person carries a darker burden than the rest: Roman. Grace’s older brother. The one who was supposed to protect her. The one who blames himself more than anyone else ever could. As the world around him moves on—teachers offering quiet condolences, friends avoiding his eyes, and adults whispering about “the troubled boy”—Roman sinks deeper into a silence he can’t escape. Night after night, the guilt tightens around him like a fist. And then the dreams begin. Shadows in the hallway. A figure he almost recognizes. A voice calling him from somewhere between memory and nightmare. But these aren’t just dreams. They’re warnings. Echoes of everything he refuses to face. When Roman starts seeing what he can’t explain—and feeling what he can’t outrun—his journey turns inward. Into guilt. Into trauma. Into the parts of grief no one talks about. And the closer he gets to the truth he’s avoiding, the more the shadows follow him. In Roman’s Shadow is a heart-wrenching and haunting exploration of a boy swallowed by tragedy, guilt, and the impossible question: How do you save yourself when the person you lost was the one holding you together? Raw, gripping, and deeply emotional, this novel reveals the silent pain behind closed doors — and the long, difficult road toward forgiveness.