Sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is an ordinary teenager, who likes hanging out in Brooklyn with her friends. But everything changes the night she witnesses a murder, committed by a group of teens armed with medieval weaponry.The murderous group are Shadowhunters, secret warriors dedicated to driving demons out of this dimension and back into their own. Drawn inexorably into a terrifying world, Clary slowly begins to learn the truth about her family - and the battle for the fate of the world.
Haunted by her past, Clary is dragge deeper into New Yorks terrifying underworld of demons and Shadowhunters - but can she control her feelings for a boy who can never be hers?"The Mortal Instruments series is a story world I love to live in. Beautiful." - Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight