To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.Ī Gathering of Shadows - While Red London is caught up in the pageantry and thrills of the Element Games, another London is coming back to life, and those who were thought to be forever gone have returned.Ī Conjuring of Light - As darkness sweeps the Maresh Empire, the once precarious balance of power among the four Londons has reached its breaking point.
Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. After one such visit goes awry, Kell escapes his home for Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences.Ī Darker Shade of Magic - Kell serves the Maresh Empire-Red London, as he calls it-as an official ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. Kell is one of the last Antari-magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons Red, Grey, White, and, once, Black. Schwab also tweeted the news, providing more details on whator rather, whoto expect in the Threads of Power trilogy: TL DR A brand new series in the Shades of Magic world. Schwab, return to the phenomenal Shades of Magic series, now in a boxed set edition with updated cover illustrations in advance of the brand new novel in this beloved universe. E.From #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. The ending is clearly leaving space open for future comic runs, tying up this arc but leaving space for more stories with the final panel introducing a glimpse of a shadow-y figure. I don’t know if it’s a common art style or not for comics, but it seemed a little odd to me to be so obscuring when the visuals are a key part of the story telling in this medium. It could make it quite tricky to work out who was who (or what exactly was going on) when everything was vague outlines.
Having just re-read the previous two and then this one, I noticed how dark the colour palate was at times. A Darker Shade of Magic is set around the reign of King George III, and is a story of three unknown London’s and one that is vaguely familiar.
it was a nice way to round the series off, with a real cost for Maxim, rather than just another blood bath – the villain does really push him and takes the “fullness” of the victory away. Schwab and for those of you who have read Vicious - it is a completely different story. The final instalment (Goodreads here) brings back a villain from the previous comic, giving it the most continuity of the lot – and adds more emotional weight to the showdown than the other two got.
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