

But then someone pushes a mysterious black stone on him. Kell secretly smuggles objects between the worlds, thinking it a harmless sideline to his real business of maintaining political ties between the different royal families. And Black London is forbidden, after a terrible magical cataclysm that killed everyone there. White London is so drained of magic its people are slowly starving to death. Red London, ruled by the Maresh dynasty and Kell's adopted parents, is full of magic. The series itself focuses on the antics and life of Kell, who is part of a dwindling species called Antari, who have the power to travel between dimensions, each having a separate London. The first issue was published on Octoa bind-up of all issues was released in February 2019. There is also a prequel comic series called Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince which follows Kell and Rhy's father Maxim as a young man. A sequel trilogy to Shades of Magic called Threads of Power was announced, and its first installment will be published in 2019.

The first book was released on February 24, 2015. Meanwhile, the disgraced Captain Alucard Emery and the Night Spire crew are attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible, as an ancient enemy returns to claim a crown and a fallen hero is desperate to save a decaying world.Shades of Magic is a fantasy trilogy by V. But now she must learn to control the magic, before it bleeds her dry. Lila Bard, once a commonplace-but never common-thief, has survived and flourished through a series of magical trials.


Kell-once assumed to be the last surviving Antari-begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise. The precarious equilibrium among the four Londons has reached its breaking point. Black London has risen again - and so to keep magic's balance, another London must fall. But another London is coming back to life, a shadow that was gone in the night reappears in the morning. As Red London prepares for the Element Games - an extravagant international competition of magic - a certain pirate ship draws closer. Restless, and having given up smuggling, he is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila. But once upon a time, there was Black London. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. There is Red London, where life and magic are revered. There is Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. 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.
