Zachary Ezra Rawlins doesn't realize how much his normal life is about to change when he stumbles across a strange and appealing book, the cover bearing a key, a bee, and a sword but no author. He is quickly drawn into the stories and is startled when he discovers he is a character in one of the tales. In a search for answers, Zachary begins to find out as much as he can about the book and the symbols and soon finds himself trusting complete strangers and going through doors to mysterious places that can't possibly exist.

Reading this book was very much like eating an extremely decadent dessert. Upon the first taste you have an overwhelming desire to consume it as fast as possible but find that it's so rich and complex with so many detailed layers you must instead partake of it slowly and deliberately, absorbing every taste you can. It's very cleverly written, weaving together very different stories that are somehow all the same, creating a perfect masterpiece. This is the ultimate story and no other work of fiction can compare. I've only just finished the book and I already want to read it again and again and again, watching the details unfold all over. This is the book I always needed.