Black Eyes of Evil: A mark of being Antari is having one completely black eye.

Bad Powers, Bad People: Athos Dane is The Dreaded in part for his prodigious talent for magical mind control and in part for his sadistic love of destroying people with it.Another Dimension: The premise of the series is the fact there are 4 Londons Kell travels between.

Amplifier Artifact: A magical stone imbued with dark magic is a Plot Device.

Adopted into Royalty: Kell was adopted by the Mareshs, the royal family of Red London, because they wanted to turn his Antari powers to their service.

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. Shades of Magic is a fantasy trilogy by V.

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