'The Last Hours' character portraits

NOTE: The Last Hours series has spoilers for The Infernal Devices series.

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Lucky for us, The Last Hours news keeps on coming! Cassandra Clare shared a few character portraits by Cassandra Jean of the prominent characters in the upcoming series. Meet Cordelia!

Cordelia by Cassandra Jean

There are 9 more characters on Cassandra's tumblr page. Were you immediately drawn to a particular character? Let us know in the comments!

TLH Series Title and Book Titles Revealed

Shadowhunters have been guessing for months now what the letters of Cassandra Clare's book series TLH stand for. The Bookseller spilled the beans today when they announced that Walker Books has acquired rights for the new trilogy, The Last Hours.

Clare took to her tumblr blog to share the news with her fans. She explained the title for the new trilogy, which is set in 1903, comes from the book Great Expectations. The titles of the three books - Chain of Thorns, Chain of Gold, and Chain of Iron, are also a reference to great expectations. The first book is set for release in 2017.

Although set in different time periods and locations, The Last Hours trilogy will be interconnected with The Dark Artifices trilogy.

What do you think about the new series title? Let us know in the comments!

SHADOWHUNTER WRAP-UP: 'City of Heavenly Fire' snippet, TLH news, and more

There's lots of news in the Shadowhunter fandom and here's a rundown of the latest!

Cassandra Clare shared a very special Valentine with fans: a brand new snippet from City of Heavenly Fire. This snippet features Julian Blackthorn, one of the Los Angeles Institute characters from the highly anticipated series The Dark Artifices.

Take a look:

“Julian,” said Jia, in the same gentle voice, “would you do something for us? Would you take up the Mortal Sword?”

Clary sat up straight. She had held the Mortal Sword: she had felt the weight of it. The cold, like hooks in your skin, dragging the truth out of you. You couldn’t lie holding the Mortal Sword, but the truth, even a truth you wanted to tell, was agony.

“They can’t,” she whispered. “He’s just a kid —“

“He’s the oldest of the kids who escaped the Institute,” Jace said under his breath. “They don’t have a choice.”

Julian nodded, his thin shoulders straight. “I’ll take it.”

Robert Lightwood passed behind the podium then and went to the table. He took up the sword and returned to stand in front of Julian. The contrast between them was almost funny: the big, barrel-chested man and the lanky, wild-haired boy. 

Julian reached a hand up and took the sword. As his hand closed around the hilt, he shuddered, a ripple of pain that was quickly forced down. Emma, behind him, started forward, and Clary caught a glimpse of the look on her face — pure fury — before Helen caught at her and pulled her back.

The book is roughly 733 pages, according to Cassie. "There’s no difference between the Walmart edition and any other edition in terms of the story, so you shouldn’t worry about whatever page number they have listed. It’s all the same book."

With all that said, Cassie also revealed that TESSA AND JEM will make an appearance in the book!

Signed copies of COHF at Barnes & Noble

There 2,000 first edition signed copies of City of Heavenly Fire for sale at Barnes & Noble, according to Cassie.

 I signed about 2,000 first editions of City of Heavenly Fire for Barnes and Noble (not that the COHF books have been printed yet, but I signed the first pages and they’ll be bound in. So you’ll be able to order them from B&N soon. I’ll put up the link when I have it. Every one will also be stamped with a rune stamp, and some of them — totally randomly — have my sketch of Church in them. That’s sort of a lottery, whether you end up with one of those, though. And you can always get signed books of mine from Books of Wonder.

There will be extras in both the first editions and regular prints, but with a little bit more for fans to rave about! Cassie says:

Well, all the first editions of City of Heavenly Fire have a portrait on the inside of Jace, Simon, Maia, Alec and Isabelle done by Cliff Nielson, who does all my covers. Only the hardcover first editions sold by Simon and Schuster in the US and Canada will have that portrait on the inside cover. All the books will also come with a note from one of the characters in the end that is handwritten and printed, and leads into the Dark Artifices series. That’s every book, not just the first editions. As to how to buy first editions — basically first editions are all the copies in a publisher’s first print run. They last until they sell out. So the earlier you order a book the more likely you are to get one. 

Bane Chronicles book set for print in November

Cassie revealed that the first edition of The Bane Chronicles will hit stands in November 2014. Cassie says:

Anticipatory and terrified is exactly how you should be! :) Yep, the Bane Chronicles will be released in print — the current publication date for the print edition of the Bane Chronicles is November 11 of this year. 

The newest story in the series, The Course of True Love (and First Dates), comes out this Tuesday. 

Name of 'TLH' project to be released

On February 25…

You’ll be finding out what TLH stands for.

HAPPY BELATED VALENTINES DAY FROM CASSANDRA JEAN!

Naturally, I will draw Valentine on Valentine’s Day! (The Mortal Instruments written by @CassieClare)

The flowers on the bottom are called Shooting Stars (or falling stars) and the flower on the top are called Hoya’s and look remarkably like…stars! For Morgenstern.

Cassandra Clare and Cassandra Jean creating Men of the Shadowhunter Universe Calendar

Very exciting news Shadowhunters!

Cassandra Clare and the extremely talented artist Cassandra Jean have been collaborating to create a calendar of the TMI/TID/TDA/TLH boys, Men of the Shadowhunter Universe. So far they have released the art for both January and February 2014. You all can see the artwork below!

January Jem

February Magnus/Alec

What do you all think of what has been released so far? Let us know in the comments below!

Cassandra Clare talks The Midnight Heir, TLH and more

Cassie took to her tumblr to answer some questions, one regarding the latest installment of The Bane Chronicles, The Midnight Heir, and the future still name unknown "TLH" series that will take place after the events of The Infernal Devices.

I decided not to post any info on here directly, as I know there are still many people who haven't finished The Infernal Devices or The Bane Chronicles.  But if you have, make sure you click on the link below to see what Cassie had to say...it is good! And we get more Cassandra Jean artwork!!!

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Cassandra Clare Talks About Parabatais, TLH, CoHF, and MORE!

Cassandra Clare took to her tumblr account to answer a few questions a fan sent her through an email. There are some great questions that fan asked and vital answers from Cassie. You can read the whole thing below:

“hi cassie! i have a couple questions that i figured I’d ask through email because its always really hectic on twitter so:- can parabatai be love interests? i thought they couldn’t but emma/julian are right? that always kinda confused me- so you’re writing the dark artifices, TLH, & are you writing another shadowhunter book aside from those as well?- are we gonna see tessa/will/ jem in cohf?”Yes, twitter has become a bit of a madhouse - I can only get on for a few minutes, and then there are so many questions I can’t follow them (usually about things I know nothing about and can’t influence, like what countries there will be movie premieres in and where the cast goes) and then I run away. I am a a wuss, I guess! But if I don’t answer you on Twitter, it’s not personal!“- can parabatai be love interests? i thought they couldn’t but emma/julian are right? that always kinda confused me”The Clave says no. You’re not supposed to be romantically involved with yourparabatai. In Clockwork Prince, one of the plot points is a past pair of parabatai, one of whom committed suicide because he’d fallen in love with his parabatai and was afraid of the secret being exposed.The Clave has their reasons for this old Law. However, like pretty much every cultural/social law decreeing that people can’t fall in love or can’t marry, plenty of people break it. It’s not like no priest has ever fallen in love with anyone. And Emma and Julian’s relationship isn’t defined yet - not even by me! We know there is probably going to be an issue of romantic interest, but they are not a couple at the beginning of the books. They might never be a couple. We will see.- so you’re writing the dark artifices, TLH, & are you writing another shadowhunter book aside from those as well?My plan at the moment is to do five Shadowhunter series, total. I don’t know if I’ll do any series in the Shadowhunter world beyond that. I don’t know why five exactly — maybe because one of my major literary idols has always been Tamora Pierce and she did five series set in Tortall. :) Maybe I think I have five stories to tell in this world. Maybe I’ll get to the end and want to tell more. Maybe not — I have a stockpile of other worlds and stories in my head; I’m writing one of them by writing Magisterium now, but there are many others.There is a special sort of enjoyment in developing stories in a created world, because you can take the rules you yourself have invented, and bend them or break them. You can create connections and history — the story of Isabelle’s ruby necklace stretches back all the way to Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale. Then again, with a brand new world, you get to make everything up again. It’s like: brand-new baby or adorable five-year old? They’re both good.
(The five Shadowhunter series are TiD, TLH, TMI, TDA, and very far down the road, TWP. Don’t even ask about that one! It’s too far in the future! There are other Shadowhunter projects like The Bane Chronicles and the graphic novel project about the Circle, currently in planning stages and known as TST, but I’m not counting them: I’m only counting book series/trilogies written solely by me.)- are we gonna see tessa/will/ jem in cohf?”I cannot say, because those are major spoilers. All I will say is that nobody from TiD is going to be a major character in CoHF because it’s too confusing and too spoilery for the mass majority of TMI readers, who have not read TiD. (There are also plenty of TiD readers who won’t read TMI — historical can be tricky; people either won’t read it at all, or will only read it, a lot of the time.) TMI is still Clary’s story at heart. I think for TiD readers there will be a lot of interesting connections, and the fact that Tessa is still alive is not a huge secret (we saw her in CoG) but nothing in CoHF is going to give away the ending of the Clockwork series to people who haven’t read it, and that includes who Tessa ends up with. Keep that in mind, and hopefully that can help shape expectations.

Wow Cassie is a very busy woman! Five Shadowhunter series in total plus a graphic novel and another series (Magisterium) to come! Well all I can say is I'm thrilled and cannot wait to read the next series to come!

What do you guys think? Leave your comments below!

New 'TLH' Shadowhunter Tarot cards by Cassandra Jean!

Cassandra Clare recently revealed that she is working on a brand new series with the initial TLH set in 1903. Yesterday she shared 2 new Shadowhunter Tarot cards by Cassamdra Jean, based on TLH.

BELOW INFO CONATAINS SPOILERS!

Here is what Cassie had to say about it:

the TLH characters

I know TLH is a loooong way off, but is there any possible way we could get some slight physical/personality descriptions of the main characters, kind of like you did for TDA? Pretty pretty pretty please?!? :) — onemustalwaysbecarefulofbooks

Remember I’m not checking my fanmail box any more - in fact my husband has set it up so I can’t even get into it. Weird but true. I don’t ask about his magical computer powers. So I’m just working through drafts in my draft box and then I’ll be done, but in the meantime, as for illustrations of the TLH characters…

I have a few in the form of Cassandra Jean’s Tarot cards. Spoilers below…

 

 

One of the people pictured is one of the other people’s parabatai.
:)

What do you think of the new tarot cards by Cassandra Jean?

ICYMI: Cassie Clare answers questions on Twitter

We've all seen the City of Bones movie posters, you know, the one with Lily Collins, the other with Jamie Campbell Bower, the one with both of them and the movie title in the middle.

In case you haven't, here they are:

Cassie began with addressing a few fan questions via Tumblr in regards to Jamie's eye colour and Aidan's accent in the movie.

She then undertook another Q & A on Twitter:

RT @liamwoah: "did the trailer make you want to cry because its so brilliant" I wasfreaked out. Mostly I am freaked out all the time now.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @ohpandabear: " is it true that florence and the machine are in the CoB soundtrack?" I don't know a thing about the soundtrack.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @jaceherondaled: " Pretty please don't kill Simon or Luke?" heh heh
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @_alexrose: " I actually think Robert Sheehan is 100% perfect for Simon don't you??!" Yep, always have
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @demonpoxx: " who do you want 4 Will&Jem in a TID movie?" no fancasting for me. not unless i am totes sure there will NEVER be a film.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @minstrumentsuk: @cassieclare Why is Jace so hot?" His attitude probly. Clary thinks he is less pretty than Alec but it doesn't matter :)
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @minstrumentsuk: " When are we going to find out what TLH stands for?" Eventually. Someone guessed it. Muah.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @ohpandabear: " would you be happy if there was a TID film?" If it was good. Yes.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @mariahsmith234: "When creating Simon you created the best character of all time!" HI MAUREEN @maureenjohnson
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @jendall_r5: " Whats Aidan really like off screen!?! ☺" Really really nice. So nice he may be from another planet.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @itsabril: " what is your favorite set? :)" the City of Bones
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @whosthemonkey: " Were you happy with the response to CP2?" Very very very happy.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @yasizacrob: " when you were watching the filming, did some scene make you cry?" Yes - when little Clary meets Luke for the first time.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @yasinephilim: " who's more like his character of all the actors? :)" Still Jamie :)
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @fandomtid: "Do you think we'll love CoHF or are we gonna die?" To quote Ron Weasley, you'll suffer but you'll be happy about it. ;)
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @kristingd: " What does TLH stand for?!" catreadsbooks.tumblr.com/post/464646158… (read down!)
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

RT @everiarks: " will there be a love triangle in TLH?" Yes. but really an unusual one. two girls and a boy for one thing.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) April 4, 2013

Cassie Clare answers TID, TMI, TDA and TLH questions on twitter!

Fresh off of her last stop on the Clockwork Princess tour, Cassandra Clare took some time to answer fan questions. She answered questions about, Clockwork Princess, The Infernal Devices, The Mortal Instruments, characters and her new series TLH.

WARNING: SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.

RT @paynefulness: " Will Simon ever come up with a name for his band or will it be changing" it has a final one in CoHF..that is a bit sad.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @littledhampir16: " What are you coming to the UK in June to research for?" *mysterious look*
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013
 

RT @danniecresta: " the descendants trilogy?;) have you already decided what you're calling them?" yep! 3 books, set around 1903.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @ughustuswaters: "planning any other books now besides TDA and CoHF? or a non-Shadowhunter series?" Yes, I am also writing Magisterium.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @powerofrunes: " did you think (when you were writing it) of other possible ends for Clockwork Princess?" Definitely not!
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @freakingcalie: " do characters from infernal make appearances in the 1903 bks?" they would be adults..it would be about their kids.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @noahelliotshaw: "I love your Shadowhunter series' but do you ever plan on creating a whole new world?" bit.ly/10eSSg3
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @carstairsjem: Raphael Santiago is in good relationships with Magnus Bane?" they have a past -- it's in the Bane Chronicles!
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @citysince1234: " so is the order of the books TiD, the 1903 books, TMI?" then TDA. You can call the 1903 books TLH. :)
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @cityoffandoms: " can you tell us what TLH stands for?" not yet. :)
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @sabalaaa95: " if we bring Robert Downey Jr will you tell us what TLH stands for, pretty please??" yes. But don't do anything illegal.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @ohpandabear: " have you already written something about LTH?" I have outlines, and some f the characters are in the Bane Chronicles
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @trufflehunter_: " does jem's drug really exist?" no. I based it on opium. But no.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @finnickly: " was tessa's love future obvious to you or did you come up with it while writing the books?" it was the reason I wrote them.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @cheronnii: " is anything spicy happening between jace and clary in CoHF?" oh yes. You will have to put the book in the freezer. :)
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013
 

RT @sammy_oulton: "will we find out who Sebastian's 'beautiful one' is?" yes.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @heartingirons: how many more books are you working on." five. Yikes.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @mariahsmith234: " so there will be another series after TLH?" one after TDA. It goes TiD-TLH-TMI-TDA-Sekrit unnamed project
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @trufflehunter_: " Is Jamie Campbell Bower like jace in real life?" yes. Alarmingly.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @paynefulness: " is robert sheehan anything like simon in real life" Like a more filthy version.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @princessofidris: " How many years between the end of TDA & the beginning of the 'secret trilogy' after TDA?" about three, in book time.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @clubfandemonium: " Will we ever find out who Magnus' father is!?!" yes.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @lotusfalling: @aidanturnerutd "i was just saying today "Why no Luke/Aidan in the promo material?" I would like more too. :) @mortalmovie
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @victorycrumb: " Is Godfrey Gao like Magnus in real life?" No. He is shy and sweet mostly.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013
 

RT @tasshadowhunter:"So this new series (TLH) is being released? When?" I don't know, I want to work on something without a deadline.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @nickartnikola: " any plans on writing a trilogy 100/200 years after TDA?" SHADOWHUNTERS IN SPACE
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @tobi4seaton: "Is it true that you'll write a book with a gay main character." yes.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @lulug11: "will TDA be around the same time as TMI ?" five years later.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @caseyydye: " Have you considered making a movie to go along with Clockwork Angel?" authors don't decide what gets made into movies!
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

Was your question answered? Are you excited about a new shadowhunter book?

Cassie Clare talks new shadowhunter series called 'TLH'

Today Cassie took to Twitter to answer some fan questions about another upcoming Shadowhunter series set in 1903, after The Infernal Devices. Cassie kept mum about the title no matter how many times she was asked. She refers to the three book series by it's initials, TLH

RT @danniecresta: " the descendants trilogy?;) have you already decided what you're calling them?" yep! 3 books, set around 1903.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @freakingcalie: " do characters from infernal make appearances in the 1903 bks?" they would be adults..it would be about their kids.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @citysince1234: " so is the order of the books TiD, the 1903 books, TMI?" then TDA. You can call the 1903 books TLH. :)
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @cityoffandoms: " can you tell us what TLH stands for?" not yet. :)
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @ohpandabear: " have you already written something about LTH?" I have outlines, and some f the characters are in the Bane Chronicles
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @tasshadowhunter: " How old are you planning on making the main characters in TLH?" 16, 17.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

RT @xhungagayums: " are TLH and the 1900's shadowhunter series the same? i feel like i'm missing out on something" The same.
— Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) March 27, 2013

What do you think TLH stands for? share your thoughts about this series as well as the possible series title