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PoorMonger

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12. A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 03:29 PM
Apr 2017

Witness the fate of beloved heroes and notorious foes in the heart-stopping conclusion to V.E. Schwab’s New York Times bestselling Shades of Magic trilogy.

As darkness sweeps the Maresh Empire, the once precarious balance of power among the four Londons has reached its breaking point.

In the wake of tragedy, Kell―once assumed to be the last surviving Antari―begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Lila Bard, once a commonplace―but never common―thief, has survived and flourished through a series of magical trials. But now she must learn to control the magic, before it bleeds her dry.

An ancient enemy returns to claim a city while a fallen hero tries to save a kingdom in decay. Meanwhile, the disgraced Captain Alucard Emery of the Night Spire collects his crew, attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible.

Shades of Magic series
1. A Darker Shade of Magic
2. A Gathering of Shadows
3. A Conjuring of Light

This trilogy has been pretty solid thus far. It has echoes of something like Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere with multiple parallel worlds and my favorite character Lila Bard reminds me a lot of Arya Stark (from Song of Ice and Fire aka Game of Thrones)

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Wow, that sounds like a must-read hermetic Apr 2017 #2
I was first in Leningrad in January 1985. pangaia Apr 2017 #8
I am listening, I opened it in another tab hermetic Apr 2017 #10
Thank you . I will get the book. pangaia Apr 2017 #11
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It does sound like hermetic Apr 2017 #6
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Sounds like a hot one... hermetic Apr 2017 #7
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A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab PoorMonger Apr 2017 #12
Thank you hermetic Apr 2017 #15
It's actually real fast reading PoorMonger Apr 2017 #16
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Yes, I have hermetic Apr 2017 #20
I am at page 93 TexasProgresive Apr 2017 #21
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