A Darker Shade of Magic

A Darker Shade of Magic from #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab. 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. . Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons the one without any magic left to see.. Unofficially Kell is a smuggler servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences which Kell is now seeing firsthand.. After an exchange goes awry Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him then saves him from a deadly enemy and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.. Now perilous magic is afoot and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds they'll first need to stay alive.. A Darker Shade of Magic has all the hallmarks of a classic work of fantasy. Schwab has given us a gem of a tale...This is a book to treasure.—Deborah Harkeness New York Times bestselling author of the All Souls trilogy. Shades of Magic series1. A Darker Shade of Magic2. A Gathering of Shadows3. A Conjuring of Light. At the Publisher's request this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.