The Starless Sea

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book, Zachary follows the remaining clues—a bee, a key, and a sword—to a masquerade party in New York, through a secret door, and into a subterranean library buried on the shores of the Starless Sea. What he finds below the surface of the earth is a magical place of pirates, painters, lovers, and liars, and a world that is threatened by those who wish to protect it. This edition of The Starless Sea was featured in the November 2019 Illumicrate 'In Search Of Doors' subscription box.

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book, Zachary follows the remaining clues—a bee, a key, and a sword—to a masquerade party in New York, through a secret door, and into a subterranean library buried on the shores of the Starless Sea. What he finds below the surface of the earth is a magical place of pirates, painters, lovers, and liars, and a world that is threatened by those who wish to protect it. This edition of The Starless Sea was featured in the November 2019 Illumicrate 'In Search Of Doors' subscription box.