Fate

"Before Romeo met Juliet, their families met in Verona. It wasn't love at first sight. Welcome to the CAPULET series—a sprawling six-part historical prequel, an epic tale of ambition, passion, sacrifice, and the brutal cost of revenge.

Long before the tragic love that defined a generation, the Capulet name was forged in the powder keg of 1434 France. Armand de Capulet and Ilaria Marchand are promised at birth. In a world of shifting power, their union becomes the flashpoint for a conflict forcing them to abandon innocence for the cold, calculated necessities of survival.

Their story is chronicled by Marcel Poquelin, a sharp-tongued, roguish musician who finds himself an unlikely shadow to their rise. Through Marcel's irreverent lens—complete with bawdy humor and cynical wit—you’ll witness the sometimes elegant, sometimes dangerous climb of two innocents navigating a ruthless elite. Yet, their greatest enemy is fate itself. Gifted with terrifying, accurate premonitions, Ilaria is guided by mystics through a world of warnings. But as erupting events swirl, a final, catastrophic vision becomes lost. As they evolve from vibrant youth into adulthood, Armand, Ilaria, and Marcel must confront a brutal truth: the harder they fight to change their future, the tighter the grip of destiny becomes.

BOOK 1 - FATE. In 1434 Lyon, the stage is set for the rise of a new House of Capulet. As war with England looms, Armand and Ilaria are bound by duty and a French Kingdom sitting on a knife’s edge. Marcel, scheming his own escape from their 'indolent' company, is instead pulled into the very heart of their struggle—unaware that the choices made in this fated moment in time will ignite a historical feud destined to echo through the centuries. Experience the beginning of the end of the Capulet line."