City of bones Simon & schuster (Simon & Schuster)

Discover the world of the Shadowhunters in the first installment of 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 Bones is a Shadowhunters novel.When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder-much less a murder committed aby three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons.

And she's more than a little startled when the body disappears into thin air. Soon Clary is introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own.

And Clary is introduced with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed żeby a grotesque monster. How could a mere human survive such an attack and kill a demon?The Shadowhunters would like to know...