Kell is one of the last Antari -magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Impeccible world building, captivating characters, and the world that just can't live without.Ī Darker Shade of Magic, from #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. But, of course an exchange goes wrong, he escapes to Grey London, meetes Delilah Bard, and hopes that their fated meeting saves him from a deadly enemy and catapults for a daring adventure. What they don't know is that Kell is a smuggler, with a dangerous vice teetering on the boundary of consequence. With his very peculiar coat, he serves the Maresh Empire, travelling between White London as an ambassador. Kell is the last Antari, magicians with the rare ability to travel between parallel Londons: Red, Grey, White, and in the before, Black. Reading this trilogy was like jumping through one of Kell's portals - I couldn't help but get lost in the rich worldbuilding and incredible cast of characters. When he's drawn into a plot that might destroy not only his world, but all the others, he'll have to use all of his magic, as well as the help of a dagger-wielding pickpocket named Lila Bard, to survive and save all he loves. It's an alternate world, one of four, and Kell is one of the few who are able to hop between them all. Schwab's Shades of Magic Trilogy is a must-read for lovers of the magical and mysterious! Get pulled into the world of Kell - a world of magic, woven with wonder and horror and beauty and intrigue - and then get pulled into another, and another! Kell lives in London, but it isn't the London we're familiar with. Together, they must face down the dark magic that threatens to destroy everything.įeaturing appealing main characters, splendidly wicked villains, and a horrifying conception of magic, Schwab’s fantasy will shock you and thrill you. Kell’s only help is Lila, a wonderfully brave and resourceful thief. When he is tricked into smuggling a stone originally from Black London via White London into Red London, a terrifying cascade of events follows, as black magic begins to pour across worlds.
The story follows Kell, a magician who can travel between Londons. Finally there is Black London, an unimaginable horror the other worlds have shut out for their own safety. Next is Red London, where magic proliferates, followed by White London, where magic is power, and the strong prey upon the weak.
Farthest away is Grey London, of our 18th-century. Schwab imagines four Londons, that differ by their distance from magic’s dark heart.
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