Age: 34
female
Tanya Reynolds is a British actress and director, born on November 4, 1991, in Hemel Hempstead, who trained at the Oxford School of Drama on a full scholarship before graduating in 2015. She is widely recognized for her breakout role as the eccentric, alien-obsessed Lily Iglehart in the Netflix hit Education (2019–2021) and for her performance as Mrs. Elton in the 2020 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. In 2024, she earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in the play A Mirror and starred as Licisca in the Netflix satirical series The Decameron. Continuing her momentum into 2025 and 2026, Reynolds starred in the Barbican's production of The Seagull alongside Cate Blanchett, made her feature directorial debut with the film Dog Person, and joined the cast of Ted Lasso for its 2026 release window.
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 and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues—a bee, a key, and a sword—that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians—it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose—in both the mysterious book and in his own life.
