City of Bones
(Summary from MortalInstruments.com)
When Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder. Much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with odd markings. This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons -- and keeping the odd werewolves and vampires in line. It's also her first meeting with gorgeous, golden-haired Jace. Within twenty-four hours, Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in an ordinary mundane like Clary? And how did she suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know ...
City of Ashes
(Summary from MortalInstruments.com)
Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father.
To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings — and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?
In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.
City of Glass
(Summary from MortalInstruments.com)
To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters — never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and her best friend, Simon, has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.
As Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City — whatever the cost?
Love is a mortal sin and the secrets of the past prove deadly as Clary and Jace face down Valentine in the final installment of the New York Times bestselling The Mortal Instruments.
City of Fallen Angels
(Summary from book jacket)
The Mortal War is over, and Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She's training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most important of all—Clary can finally call Jace her boyfriend.
But nothing comes without a price.
Someone is murdering the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine’s Circle, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second bloody war. Clary’s best friend, Simon, can’t help her. His mother just found out he’s a vampire and now he’s homeless. Everywhere he turns, someone wants him on their side—along with the power of the curse wrecking his life. And they’re willing to do anything to get what they want. At the same time he’s dating two beautiful, dangerous girls—neither of whom knows about the other.
When Jace begins to pull away from Clary without explaining why, she is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: She herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.
Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. The stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels.
But nothing comes without a price.
Someone is murdering the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine’s Circle, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second bloody war. Clary’s best friend, Simon, can’t help her. His mother just found out he’s a vampire and now he’s homeless. Everywhere he turns, someone wants him on their side—along with the power of the curse wrecking his life. And they’re willing to do anything to get what they want. At the same time he’s dating two beautiful, dangerous girls—neither of whom knows about the other.
When Jace begins to pull away from Clary without explaining why, she is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: She herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.
Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. The stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels.
City of Lost Souls
(Summary from Cassie Clare's site)
The demon Lilith has been destroyed and Jace has been freed from her captivity. But when the Shadowhunters arrive to rescue him, they find only blood and broken glass. Not only is the boy Clary loves missing–but so is the boy she hates, Sebastian, the son of her father Valentine: a son determined to succeed where their father failed, and bring the Shadowhunters to their knees.
No magic the Clave can summon can locate either boy, but Jace cannot stay away—not from Clary. When they meet again Clary discovers the horror Lilith’s dying magic has wrought—Jace is no longer the boy she loved. He and Sebastian are now bound to each other, and Jace has become what he most feared: a true servant of Valentine’s evil. The Clave is determined to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. Will the Shadowhunters hesitate to kill one of their own?
Only a small band of Clary and Jace’s friends and family believe that Jace can still be saved — and that the fate of the Shadowhunters’ future may hinge on that salvation. They must defy the Clave and strike out on their own. Alec, Magnus, Simon and Isabelle must work together to save Jace: bargaining with the sinister Faerie Queen, contemplating deals with demons, and turning at last to the Iron Sisters, the reclusive and merciless weapons makers for the Shadowhunters, who tell them that no weapon on this earth can sever the bond between Sebastian and Jace. Their only chance of cutting Jace free is to challenge Heaven and Hell — a risk that could claim any, or all, of their lives.
And they must do it without Clary. For Clary has gone into the heart of darkness, to play a dangerous game utterly alone. The price of losing the game is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she even still trust him? Or is he truly lost?
What price is too high to pay, even for love?
Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.
City of Heavenly Fire
Released May 27, 2014
Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Timesbestselling Mortal Instruments series.
Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary’s own brother. Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian—but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance…
Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world will change. Who will survive the explosive sixth and final installment of the Mortal Instruments series?
THE INFERNAL DEVICES
Clockwork Angel
The Infernal Devices is the prequel to the series The Mortal Instruments.
“Magic
is dangerous- but love is dangerous still.” these are the words that
Cassandra Clare used to describe Clockwork Angel, and boy did she do
those words justice! The book is portrayed through the main character’s
eyes, Tessa Gray, The story starts off in the year 1878 with Tessa
getting off a ship at a dock in London (where the series takes place).
She came to live with her brother Nathaniel, because Tessa’s Aunt (who she lived with in New York) died. When she arrives she is greeted by the Dark Sisters named Mrs. Dark and Mrs. Black. The Sisters kidnap Tessa During her time with the Sisters Tessa finds out that she is a Downworlder with the power to change into another person whenever she wants, pretty neat huh? She is held prisoner for six weeks before she is rescued by the dashing and charming William “Will” Herondale. Will holds everyone at arms length, but Tessa somehow manages to get close to him, and Will’s Parabatai Jem is also pretty close to him. What is a Parabatai, you ask? Well think of it like the Shadowhunter version of a bromance! There is also a secret organization called Pandemonium Club which makes Will and Jem’s job that much harder. The Magister (the head of Pandemonium Club) make a unstoppable army of clockwork demons who he sends after Tessa to….. Well I don’t want to give the whole book away! So go pick up a copy and find out what happens next!!
(Synopsis by Alicia - The Mortal Institute)
Clockwork Prince
With the help of handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister's war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister knows their every move--and that one of their own has betrayed them.
Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unnerve her. But something is changing in Will--the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?
As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.
(Synopsis by Alicia - The Mortal Institute)
Clockwork Princess
Tessa Gray should be happy — aren’t all brides happy? Yet as she prepares for her wedding to Jem Carstairs, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. A new demon appears, one linked by blood and secrecy to the Magister, the man who plans to use his army of pitiless automatons, the Infernal Devices, to destroy the Shadowhunters. He needs only one last item to complete his plan of destruction.
He needs Tessa.
Tessa knows Axel Mortmain, the Magister, is coming for her, but not where or when he will strike. Charlotte Branwell, the head of the London Institute, is desperate to find Mortmain first. And the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa’s heart, Jem and Will, will do anything to save her. For though Tessa and Jem are now engaged, and Will knows he should force himself to find someone else to care for, he is as much in love with her as ever.In the last words of a dying Shadowhunter reside the clue that might lead Tessa and her friends to Mortmain. But the Shadowhunters of the London Institute cannot stand alone, and in their homeland of Idris, the ruling body of the Clave doubt their claims that Mortmain is coming. Deserted by those who should be their allies and with their enemies closing in, the Shadowhunters find themselves trapped when Mortmain seizes the medicine which is all that is keeping Jem alive. With his best friend at death’s door it is up to Will to risk everything to save the woman they both love.
To buy Will time, the warlock Magnus Bane joins with Henry Branwell to create a device that could help them to defeat the Magister. As those who love Tessa work to save her, and the future of the Shadowhunters that resides with her, Tessa realizes that the only person who can save her is herself —for in the discovery of her own true nature, Tessa begins to learn that she is more powerful than she ever dreamed possible. But can a single girl, even one who can command the power of angels, face down an entire army?
Danger and betrayal, secrets and enchantment, and the tangled threads of love and loss intertwine as the Shadowhunters are pushed to the very brink of destruction in the breathtaking conclusion to the Infernal Devices trilogy.
THE BANE CHRONICLES
AVAILABLE NOW!
#1: What Really Happened in Peru
by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan | April 16, 2013
Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices know that Magnus Bane is banned from Peru . . . and now they can find out why.
There are good reasons Peru is off-limits to Magnus Bane. Follow Magnus's Peruvian escapades as he drags his fellow warlocks Ragnor Fell and Catarina Loss into trouble, learns several instruments (which he plays shockingly), dances (which he does shockingly), and disgraces his host nation by doing something unspeakable to the Nazca Lines.
#2: The Runaway Queen
by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson | May 21, 2013
Magnus Bane has a royal role in the French Revolution—if the angry mobs don't spoil his spells.
While in France, immortal warlock Magnus Bane finds himself attempting to rescue the royal family from the horrors of the French Revolution—after being roped into this mess by a most attractive count. Naturally, the daring escape calls for invisible air balloons . . .
#3: Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale
by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson | May 21, 2013
by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan | June 18, 2013
Magnus Bane leverages his alliances with Downworlders and Shadowhunters on a venture to Victorian London.When immortal warlock Magnus Bane attends preliminary peace talks between the Shadowhunters and the Downworlders in Victorian London, he is charmed by two very different people: the vampire Camille Belcourt and the young Shadowhunter, Edmund Herondale. Will winning hearts mean choosing sides?
by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan | June 18, 2013
#4: The Midnight Heir
by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan | July 16, 2013
In Edwardian London, Magnus Bane discovers old friends and new enemies—including the son of his former comrade Will Herondale. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.
Magnus thought he would never return to London, but he is lured by a handsome offer from Tatiana Blackthorn, whose plans—involving her beautiful young ward—are far more sinister than Magnus even suspects. In London at the turn of the century, Magnus finds old friends, and meets a very surprising young man . . . the sixteen-year-old James Herondale.
#5: The Rise of The Hotel Dumort
by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson | August 20, 2013
In 1920s Manhattan, Magnus Bane hobnobs with the elite at a glamorous Jazz Age hotspot.
by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson | August 20, 2013
The immortal Magnus Bane is making the most of his time in the Roaring Twenties: He's settled into New York society and is thriving among the fashionable jazz set. And there is nowhere better to see and be seen than the glamorous Hotel Dumort, a glittering new addition to the Manhattan landscape. But a different type of glamour may be at play...
#6: Saving Raphael Santiago
by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan | Sept 17, 2013
A Manhattan teen—Raphael Santiago—is missing, and Magnus Bane must track him down before it’s too late.
In 1950s New York City, a distraught mother hires Magnus Bane to find her missing son, Raphael. But even if he can be found, is Raphael beyond saving?
7: The Fall of The Hotel Dumort
by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan | Sept 17, 2013
by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson | October 15, 2013
Magnus Bane watches the once-glamorous Hotel Dumort become something else altogether in 1970s New York City.
Fifty years after the Jazz Age rise of the Hotel Dumort, immortal warlock Magnus Bane knows the Manhattan landmark is on the decline. The once-beautiful Hotel Dumort has fallen into a decayed thing, a ruin, as dead as a place can be. But the vampires don't mind...
8: What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You're Not Officially Dating Anyway)
by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson | October 15, 2013
8: What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You're Not Officially Dating Anyway)
by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan | November 19, 2013
Magnus Bane may or may not be dating Alec Lightwood, but he definitely needs to find him the perfect birthday present.
Set in the time between City of Ashes and City of Glass, warlock Magnus Bane is determined to find the best birthday present possible for Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter he may or may not be dating. And he’s also got to deal with the demon he’s conjured up for a very irritating client . . .
by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan | November 19, 2013
#9: The Last Stand of the New York Institute
by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Rees Brennan | December 17, 2013
Magnus meets Valentine in battle as the Circle attacks the Downworlders of New York City.
In the time of the Uprising, Valentine’s Circle goes after Downworlders in New York...and the Shadowhunters of the Institute must decide whether to join him, or fight with Magnus and his kind. This is the first time Magnus sees Jocelyn, Luke, and Stephen—but not the last. It is not long before Jocelyn seeks him out...
by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Rees Brennan | December 17, 2013
#10: The Course of True Love (and First Dates)
by Cassandra Clare | March 18, 2014
Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood might fall in love—but first they have a first date.
When Magnus Bane, warlock, meets Alec Lightwood, Shadowhunter, sparks fly. And what happens on their first date lights a flame...
#10: The Course of True Love (and First Dates)
by Cassandra Clare | March 18, 2014
Synopses, publication dates, authors and links to Amazon orders via Cassie Clare's site.
AVAILABLE NOW
Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan
MARCH 17
The Lost Herondale
In the early nineteenth century, Tobias Herondale abandoned his fellow Shadowhunters in the heat of battle and left them to die. His life was forfeit, but Tobias never returned, and the Clave claimed his wife’s life in exchange for Tobias’s. Simon and his fellow students are shocked to learn of this brutality, especially when it is revealed the woman was pregnant. But what if the child survived…could there be a lost Herondale line out in the world today?
The Lost Herondale
Cassandra Clare and Robin Wasserman
In the early nineteenth century, Tobias Herondale abandoned his fellow Shadowhunters in the heat of battle and left them to die. His life was forfeit, but Tobias never returned, and the Clave claimed his wife’s life in exchange for Tobias’s. Simon and his fellow students are shocked to learn of this brutality, especially when it is revealed the woman was pregnant. But what if the child survived…could there be a lost Herondale line out in the world today?
The Whitechapel Fiend
Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson APRIL 21
Simon learns the truth behind the Jack the Ripper murders―“Jack” was hunted by Will Herondale and his institute of Victorian Shadowhunters.
MAY 19
Nothing but Shadows
Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan
It’s hard to be a Shadowhunter when you’ve got demonic powers. Simon learns about the school-time struggles of half-warlock James Herondale, in this prelude to the Last Hours.
JUNE 16
The Evil We Love
Cassandra Clare and Robin Wasserman
The Shadowhunter Academy has only just reopened following the disastrous rise of the Circle. Now the faculty can finally admit to what happened when Valentine was a student.
JULY 21
Pale Kings and Princes
Cassandra Clare and Robin Wasserman
As a former Vampire, Simon’s always been sympathetic to Downworlders. But after a training exercise goes wrong, he gets a glimpse into the Shadowhunters’ prejudice as he learns about the origin of Helen and Mark Blackthorn, key characters in The Dark Artifices.
AUGUST 18
Bitter of Tongue
Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan
When Simon is kidnapped by faeries, he uncovers rumors of a weapon Sebastian left behind for the Queen. He must escape the Fey, relying on his only ally, former Shadowhunter and Dark Artifices character Mark Blackthorn.
SEPTEMBER 15
The Fiery Trial
Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan
Simon and Clary act as witnesses to the parabatai ceremony of Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn…and discuss their own parabatai plans in this precursor to The Dark Artifices.
OCTOBER 20
Born to Endless Night
Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan
After a warlock baby is abandoned on the steps of the Academy, Magnus rescues the child—and brings him home to his boyfriend, Alec.
NOVEMBER 17
Angels Twice Descending
Cassandra Clare and Robin Wasserman
Simon’s journey to become a Shadowhunter nears its end as his Ascension ceremony draws closer.The Dark Artifices
Book 1: Lady Midnight
Los Angeles, 2012. It’s been five years since the events of the Mortal
Instruments when Nephilim stood poised on the brink of oblivion and Shadowhunter
Emma Carstairs lost her parents. After the blood and violence she witnessed as a
child, Emma has dedicated her life to the eradication of demons and being the
best, fastest and deadliest Shadowhunter since Jace Lightwood. Raised in the Los
Angeles Institute, Emma is paired as a parabatai with her best friend, Julian.
As Emma hunts those who caused the death of her parents, the trail they’re
following leads back to those they’ve always been taught to trust. At the same
time, Emma is falling in love with Julian — her closest friend and, because he
is her parabatai, the one person in the world she’s absolutely forbidden by
Shadowhunter Law to love. Set against the glittering backdrop of present-day Los
Angeles, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a
demonic plot that stretches from the warlock-run nightclubs of the Sunset Strip
to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica.
Book 2: The Prince of Shadows
Book 3: The Queen & Darkness
The Last Hours
The Shadowhunters enter the Downton Abbey era in The Last Hours. Will Herondale is head of the London Institute, where he lives with his wife Tessa. But now it’s their children, James and Lucie, who take center stage, alongside their parabatai, Matthew Fairchild and Cordelia Carstairs. Begin their adventures in Chain of Thorns.
Book 1: Chain of Thorns
Coming in 2017
Book 2: Chain of Gold
Book 3: Chain of Iron
on my own perspective, these Books would have been much appreciated if played in a TV series (just like vampire diaries) instead in a movie.
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