Packed with battles, romantic entanglements, and tantalizing foreshadowing, this will have readers clamoring for the next installment.' Booklist 'Top Pick! Readers will be thrilled and amazed with this prequel to The Mortal Instruments, tearing their way through a beautifully constructed story of action, magic, mayhem, and romance.I cannot begin to tell you how worth reading this series is.

Fans of the Mortal Instruments series and newcomers alike won't be disappointed.' Publishers Weekly 'Compulsively readable. this crowdpleaser’s tension-filled conclusion ratchets toward a new set of mysteries.' Kirkus Reviews 'Mysteries, misdirection, and riddles abound.

and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.'A century before the events of Clare’s Mortal Instruments trilogy. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world. She soon finds herself fascinated by-and torn between-two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length. What’s more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them.

Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. Discover the riveting first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy.When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Magic is dangerous-but love is more dangerous still.

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