For a h un dre d a nd fifty y ea rs t h e L oc ke f am ily ha v e gua rded t h e s e c re t s of Key house… an d it s pre c ious collection of re alit y- de f orm ing key s. There’s a key tha t cha nges t h e outwa rd a ppea ra nce of a man’s a ge, a key tha t unlocks t h e hea vens, a nd a key tha t brings sha dow s lea ping to t e rrible life.
Mo st powerful of a ll, perha ps, is the A n ywhere K ey, which allow s the user to open a door in one pla ce a nd step through an other, fa r a w a y : a cross a c ontinent or even a n ocea n! The key s ha v e been em p l o yed in tim es of w a r before, b u t Cha m berlin Locke ha s fo r b i dden his children to use them t o cha nge the tide of the gr eat war currently ra va ging E uro pe.
Defyi n g hi m , yo u n g J o hn “ J ack ” Lo ck e has s t o l en m an y o f t he m o s t po wer fu l k eys , chan g ed hi m s el f t o ap p ear a m an , an d u s ed t he An ywher e Key t o van i s h i n t o Bel g i u m … wher e t he war i s ab o u t t o t ak e an hi s t o r i c an d ho r r i fyi n g t u r n .
Loc ke & Key c r e a t e d b y J o e Hi l l and G ab r i el R o d r i g u ez
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