We shall not spoil the trilogy any further you will just have to read to find out! She is ready to battle new demons who walk in daylight, strike down the unwary with incurable poison, and seem impossible to kill.all while falling in love through trials and tribulations with her friend James. Get ready to dive into an Edwardian London world of glittering ballrooms, secret assignations, and supernatural salons, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians!Ĭordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons, and she is determined to be a hero. and evil is ALWAYS lurking in plain sight.įrom internationally bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes the first novel in a brand new Shadowhunters trilogy. Originally designed as a five-book series the sequence so far includes The Iron Trial, The Copper Gauntlet and The Bronze Key with The Silver Mask due for publication in October 2017.In the Shadowhunters' world, the only thing more dangerous than fighting demons is falling in love. She has announced that she will conclude the overarching series with two further trilogies: The Last Hours and The Wicked Powers.Īdditionally, Cassandra Clare has teamed up with fellow fantasy author Holly Black to write the Magesterium Series set in an underground school where mages train apprentices to control the elements.

Clare followed this up with The Infernal Devices series (a prequel trilogy set in Victorian England: Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Princess) and The Dark Artifices Trilogy which includes Lady Midnight and Lord of Shadows.Ĭlare has added to the series with various standalone novels and short stories, expanding the world of the Shadowhunters: The Bane Chronicles and Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. The book series include the original six-volume Mortal Instruments series (In reading order: City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire). The series tells the story of characters wrapped up in the world of the Shadowhunters (or Nephalim), half-angels who guard the world from demons on behalf of the Angel Raziel.Ĭassandra Clare’s extraordinary world now encompasses three novel series, two short-story collections and four graphic novels as well as having inspired both a film and a popular television series. Born to American parents in Tehran, much of Cassandra’s Clare’s early life was spent travelling the world, experiences which later inspired her vivid and absorbing fantasy writing.Ĭlare wrote her first novel, City of Bones, in 2004 the book went on to become the first in the phenomenally successful Mortal Instruments series.

Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare