A Darker Shade of Magic

From V.E. Schwab, the critically acclaimed author of Vicious, comes a new universe of daringadventure, thrilling power, and parallel Londons, beginning with A Darker Shade of Magic. 

Kell is one of the last Travellers - magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between paralleluniverses - as such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, withoutany magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where life and magic arerevered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled bywhoever has murdered their way to the throne - a place where people fight to control magic, andthe magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. And once upon a time, there was BlackLondon...but no one speaks of that now. 

Officially, Kell is the Red Traveller, personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London,carrying the monthly correspondences between the royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell is asmuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll neversee - a dangerous hobby, and one that has set him up for accidental treason.

V.E. Schwab is the bestselling author of Vicious, which was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2013, an Amazon Best Book of the Year (as well as Best Book of the month), a semi-finalist in the Goodreads Choice 2013 Book Awards, and the ALA top pick for Fantasy for their 2014 reading list. It was also noted in various author best-of lists, from Laini Taylor to Chuck Wendig. She is also the author of The Near Witch, The Archived, and The Unbound.

Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There's Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There's Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon a time, there was Black London...

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