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★★★★☆
Sinopsis
Kell is one of the
last Antari, a rare magician who can travel between parallel worlds: hopping
from Grey London — dirty, boring, lacking magic, and ruled by mad King George —
to Red London — where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty
presides over a flourishing empire — to White London — ruled by whoever has
murdered their way to the throne, where people fight to control magic, and the
magic fights back — and back, but never Black London, because traveling to
Black London is forbidden and no one speaks of it now.
Officially, Kell is
the personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London, carrying the monthly
correspondences between the royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell smuggles
for those willing to pay for even a glimpse of a world they’ll never see, and
it is this dangerous hobby that sets him up for accidental treason. Fleeing
into Grey London, Kell runs afoul of Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty
aspirations. She robs him, saves him from a dangerous enemy, then forces him to
take her with him for her proper adventure.
But perilous magic is
afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save both his London and the
others, Kell and Lila will first need to stay alive — a feat trickier than they
hoped.
