First in Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling romantasy trilogy The Last Hours about
the world of the Shadowhunters. "A pure distillation of fantasy's enchanting mirror held up
to our own truths." Entertainment Weekly "Richly imagined...rife with action intrigue and
smoldering romance." Publishers Weekly From the #1 New York Times bestselling author
Cassandra Clare comes the first novel in a brand-new trilogy where evil hides in plain sight
and love cuts deeper than any blade. Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter a warrior trained
since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime she and her
brother travel to Edwardian London in hopes of preventing the family's ruin. Cordelia's mother
wants to marry her off but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon
Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world
of glittering ballrooms secret assignations and supernatural salons where vampires and
warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians. All the while she must hide her secret love for
James who is sworn to marry someone else. But Cordelia's new life is blown apart when a
shocking series of demon attacks devastate London. These monsters are nothing like those
Shadowhunters have fought before - these demons walk in daylight strike down the unwary with
incurable poison and seem impossible to kill. London is immediately quarantined. Trapped in
the city Cordelia and her friends discover that their own connection to an dark legacy has
gifted them with incredible powers - and force a brutal choice that will reveal the true cruel
price of being a hero. Read all the sensational books in The Shadowhunter Chronicles: The
Mortal Instruments The Infernal Devices Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy The Bane
Chronicles Ghosts of the Shadow Market The Dark Artifices The Last Hours and The
Shadowhunter's Codex. LOOK OUT FOR THE WICKED POWERS - COMING IN 2026. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER
SOON.
