Victoria Schwab

A Gathering of Shadows, the second novel in V. E. Schwab's acclaimed Shades of Magic series, continues to weave an extraordinary tale of magic, adventure, and danger. Four months have passed since the enigmatic shadow stone came into Kell's possession. In the aftermath, Kell, one of the last Antari magicians who can travel between parallel Londons, finds himself grappling with...

The youthful Maresh is sent to a violent and unmanageable port city on the Blood Coast of Verose, on strict orders from his father, King Nokil Maresh, to cut his military teeth in this lawless landscape. There, he encounters an unruly band of soldiers, a lawless landscape, and the intoxicatingly deadly presence of the newly returned pirate queen, Arisa... Shades...