Every part of him hurt from the thumping he’d taken that afternoon when he’d dropped three floors through rotted wood onto a pile of scrap metal. “Oh, yes you are.” Jace gestured accusingly at his stepbrother, then yelped as pain shot up his arm. ExcerptĬhapter 1: Valentine’s Arrow 1 VALENTINE’S ARROWĪlec, leaning against the wall of the elevator, glared across the small space at Jace. In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures readers back into the dark grip of New York City’s Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father? Is Valentine behind the killings-and 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. To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. And Clary’s only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil-and also her father. But the Shadowhunting world isn’t ready to let her go-especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace.
But what’s normal when you’re 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, who’s becoming more than a friend. Is love worth betraying everything? Plunge into the second adventure in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” ( Entertainment Weekly)-now with a gorgeous new cover, a map, a new foreword, and exclusive bonus content! City of Ashes is a Shadowhunters novel.Ĭlary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal.
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