Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. She robs him, saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure. It’s a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.įleeing into Grey London, Kell runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they’ll never see. Officially, Kell is the Red traveler, ambassador of the Maresh empire, carrying the monthly correspondences between the royals of each London. And once upon a time, there was Black London.

White London–a place where people fight to control magic and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. Red London, where life and magic are revered–and where Kell was raised alongside Rhy Maresh, the roguish heir to a flourishing empire. There’s Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, and with one mad King–George III. Synopsis: Kell is one of the last travelers–magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes connected by one magical city. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.Ī Gathering of Shadows - While Red London is caught up in the pageantry and thrills of the Element Games, another London is coming back to life, and those who were thought to be forever gone have returned.Ī Conjuring of Light - As darkness sweeps the Maresh Empire, the once precarious balance of power among the four Londons has reached its breaking point.Links: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository After one such visit goes awry, Kell escapes his home for Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations.

It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences.Ī Darker Shade of Magic - Kell serves the Maresh Empire-Red London, as he calls it-as an official ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. Kell is one of the last Antari-magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons Red, Grey, White, and, once, Black. Schwab, return to the phenomenal Shades of Magic series, now in a boxed set edition with updated cover illustrations in advance of the brand new novel in this beloved universe. From #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E.

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