![]() ![]() ![]() However, Kell has developed a side line – he smuggles items of power from world to world – on order for collectors. Kell is one of the last of these magicians and his primary responsibility is shuttling messages back and forth between the three sets of monarchies who rule in the respective cities. Now, these designations are only known to a few those ruling each city and the ever rarer Antari – those who have the ability to travel between Red, White and Grey. Black is black because it no longer exists: the people of that London allowed magic to take over and destroy them. ![]() While in Red London magic is a given, in Grey it has ceased to exist and in White it is a commodity used to obtain power. Each colour denotes a particular London’s relationship to magic. ![]() Instead of merely one London, there are four existing in parallel: Red, Grey, White, and Black. Not since Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere has this ancient city be so turned on its ear. Well, it would be probably more accurate to say worlds and to say the city (or cities) of London England. Schwab has created a complex and intriguing world. In A Darker Shade of Magic (the first book in “The Shades of Magic” series) V. ![]()
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