Clary and Jace must ask themselves if love is worth betraying everything in the âso good, itâs dangerousâ (Holly Black) second book in the New York Times and internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. City of Ashes is a Shadowhunters novel.
Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But whatâs normal when youâre 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, whoâs becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isnât ready to let her goâespecially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Claryâs only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evilâand also her father.
To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killingsâand 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?
Clary and Jace must ask themselves if love is worth betraying everything in the âso good, itâs dangerousâ (Holly Black) second book in the New York Times and internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. City of Ashes is a Shadowhunters novel.
Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But whatâs normal when youâre 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, whoâs becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isnât ready to let her goâespecially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Claryâs only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evilâand also her father.
To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killingsâand 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?