I remember reading this when it first came out in 2015 and loving it so much. Escaping to Grey London, he runs into aspiring pirate Delilah Bard, who after robbing him and then saving him, forces him to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure. However, this defiant hobby has dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand after an exchange goes awry. However, unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, taking little knickknacks from one world to another. Kell was raised in Arnes, Red London, and officially serves the Maresh Empire as their ambassador navigating the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the Grey one. Kell is one of the last magicians with the ability to travel between the parallel Londons: Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell traced the edge of the bank, weaving through the evening fair, savoring the taste and smell of the air, the sound of laughter and music, the thrum of magic.“ The stalls were always changing, but the energy remained, as much a part of the city as the river it fed on. “ Every night of the year, the market lived and breathed and thrived.
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