Isloveworthbetrayingeverything?PlungeintothesecondadventureintheinternationallybestsellingMortalInstrumentsseriesand“preparetobehooked“(EntertainmentWeekly).ClaryFrayjustwishesthatherlifewouldgobacktonormal.Butwhat’snormalwhenyou’reademon-slayingShadowhunter,yourmotherisinamagicallyinducedcoma,andyoucansuddenlyseeDownworlderslikewerewolves,vampires,andfaeries?IfClarylefttheworldoftheShadowhuntersbehind,itwouldmeanmoretimewithherbestfriend,Simon,who’sbecomingmorethanafriend.ButtheShadowhuntingworldisn’treadytolethergo--especiallyherhandsome,infuriating,newfoundbrother,Jace.AndClary’sonlychancetohelphermotheristotrackdownrogueShadowhunterValentine,whoisprobablyinsane,certainlyevil--andalsoherfather.Tocomplicatematters,someoneinNewYorkCityismurderingDownworlderchildren.IsValentinebehindthekillings--andifheis,whatishetryingtodo?WhenthesecondoftheMortalInstruments,theSoul-Sword,isstolen,theterrifyingInquisitorarrivestoinvestigateandzoomsrightinonJace.HowcanClarystopValentineifJaceiswillingtobetrayeverythinghebelievesintohelptheirfather?InthisbreathtakingsequeltoCityofBones,CassandraClareluresherreadersbackintothedarkgripofNewYorkCity’sDownworld,whereloveisneversafeandpowerbecomesthedeadliesttemptation.
