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With her mother in a coma and her father hell-bent on destroying the world, Clary Fray is dragged deeper into New York City's terrifying underworld of werewolves, demons and the mysterious Shadowhunters. Discovering the truth about her past was only the beginning. Now the fate of the world rests on Clary's shoulders, but can she master her new-found powers and control her feelings for a boy who can never be hers?

For years there has been peace in the Shadowhunter world. James and Lucie Herondale, children of the famous Will and Tessa, have grown up in an idyll with their loving friends and family, listening to stories of good defeating evil and love conquering all. But everything changes when the Blackthorn and Carstairs families come to London...and so does a remorseless and inescapable plague.

Love is the most dangerous magic of all.... Something terrifying is waiting for Tessa Gray in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons. Tessa finds herself fascinated by and torn between two best friends.... First in the best-selling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London.

What price is too high to pay, even for love? Clary is willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost?

Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend, Lucie Herondale, and James’ charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade. But the truth is far grimmer.

Love and lies can corrupt even the purest heart. Tessa Gray find her heart drawn more and more to Jem, while her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her.

A net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. Mortmain needs one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. But Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa's heart, will do anything to save her.

The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. There the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray.

Seventeen-year-old Genesis Lee has never forgotten anything. As one of the Mementia small group of genetically enhanced humans, Gena remembers everything with the help of her Link bracelets, which preserve them perfectly. But Links can be stolen, and six people have already lost their lives to a memory thief, including Gena’s best friend. Anyone could be next.

In Idris herrschen düstere Zeiten. Als Valentin sein Dämonenheer zusammenruft, gibt es nur eine Chance: Schattenjäger und Schattenwesen müssen ihren alten Hass überwinden und Seite an Seite in diese Schlacht ziehen. Jace weiß genau, wie viel er zu riskieren bereit ist. Clary jedoch muss sich entscheiden, ob auch sie jeden Preis bezahlen würde, um die Gläserne Stadt zu retten.

On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a "witchery", a magical skill that sets them apart from others. In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble - as two desperate young women know all too well. Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It's a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially among the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.

Set a year before Truthwitch, Sightwitch follows Ryber Fortiza, the last Sightwitch Sister as she treks deep underground to rescue her missing best friend. While there, she encounters a young Nubrevnan named Kullen Ikray, who has no memory of who he is or how he wound up inside the mountain. As the two journey every deeper in search of answers, and as they brave one close call after another, a tentative friendship forms between them - one that might one day grow into something more.

Jen Noonan's father thinks a move to Harmony House is the key to salvation, but to everyone who has lived there before, it is a portal to pure horror. After her alcoholic mother's death, Jen's father cracked. He dragged Jen to a dilapidated old manor on the shore of New Jersey to start their new lives - but Jen can tell that the place has an unhappy history. She can feel it the same way she can feel her anger flowing out of her, affecting the world in strange ways she can't explain.

After the publication of Little Women, Jo March is shocked to discover her book of scribbles has become a best seller, and her publisher demands a sequel. While pressured into coming up with a story, she goes to New York with her dear friend Laurie. But despite her growing feelings, her desire to remain independent leads her to turn down his heartfelt marriage proposal and sends the boy off to college heartbroken. But when Laurie returns to Concord with a sophisticated new girlfriend, will Jo finally communicate her true heart's desire or lose the love of her life forever?

Cassie, the youngest of six daughters in the Wilton family, is bold, bright, and ready to enter society. There's only one problem: her older sister, Lenora, whose extreme shyness prevents her from attending many social events. Lenora is now entering her third season, and since their father has decreed that only one Wilton girl can be out at a time, Cassie has no choice except to wait her turn.

Tessa Gray está dispuesta a encontrar a su hermano. Para ello, se dirige a Londres, donde será raptada por una organización secreta llamada el Club Pandemonium, y rescatada por los Cazadores de Sombras. Pronto, Tessa verá su corazón dividido entre Jem, cuya frágil belleza oculta un oscuro secreto, y Will, cuya hiriente ironía y cambios de humor constantes la mantienen a distancia, mientras los tres intentan salvar... el mundo.

Ximena has spent her life training to become one of the black-cloaked Cazadores, seafaring hunters who capture the pirates pillaging the Luzan Empire. But although Ximena is the top candidate at La Academia, that will not be enough for a daughter of the notorious Reales - pirate captains who were executed for their crimes against the empire. So when Gasparilla, the most infamous pirate in Luza's history, attacks the capital, Ximena offers to catch him in exchange for being named Cazadoro. The Empire accepts, with one catch: she must compete for her cloak against Dante de León.

For at redde sin mors liv må Clary snige sig ind i Skyggejægernes by, Alicante, selvom det er forbundet med dødsstraf, hvis man ikke har tilladelse. Men hun er ikke den eneste, der får problemer på halsen; Simon bliver fængslet af Skygge­jægerne, fordi de har mistro til alle vampyrer, og særligt en, som kan tåle sollys.

I en verden, der på overfladen ligner vores, men som under overfladen gemmer på dæmoner, varulve og vampyrer, har en gruppe skyggejægere svoret at bekæmpe det onde... På et diskotek i New York overværer 15-årige Clary et mord, men hun opdager, at den myrdede så vel som morderne er usynlige for alle andre end hende selv. I løbet af det næste hæsblæsende døgn forsvinder Clarys mor sporløst, og hun selv bliver opsøgt af og må kæmpe mod en rasende og grusom dæmon.

Tessa Gray burde være lykkelig – er alle brude ikke det? Men mens hun forbereder sit bryllup, begynder et net af skygger at strammes om Skyggejægerne fra Londoninstituttet. En ny dæmon viser sig, en, der er forbundet ved blod og hemmelighedskræmmeri med Mortmain, den mand, som planlægger at bruge sin hær af nådesløse automatoner, Djævelske Mekanismer, til at ødelægge Skyggejægerne. Mortmain har kun brug for en enkelt ting mere for at fuldføre sin plan. Han har brug for Tessa. Charlotte Branwell, lederen af Instituttet, ønsker desperat at finde Mortmain før han slår til.