In 2013, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones was made into a movie starring Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower. The second trilogy featured City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire. Next came City of Ashes, and City of Glass, which completed the first trilogy. It is fantasy inspired by the landscape of Manhattan. In Los Angeles she began to write some Internet fiction pieces, but just before writing her first book, The City of Bones, she deleted them.Ĭity of Bones was released by Simon and Schuster in 2007. She ended up working for The Hollywood Reporter. She went to high school in California, then split her time between there and New York. During her formative years, Clare traveled extensively throughout Europe. Her grandfather was film producer Max Rosenberg. She was born to American parents of Jewish descent in Iran in 1973. Her bestselling effort is The Mortal Instruments. For if they fail, they may lose everything-even their souls.Ĭassandra Clare, real name, Judith Rumelt, is an American author, best known for her young adult fiction works. If Cordelia and her friends are going to save their city-and their families-they will have to muster their courage, swallow their pride, and trust one another again. Left alone in a shadowy London, they must face Belial’s deadly army. For time is short, and Belial’s plan is about to crash into the Shadowhunters of London like a deadly wave, one that will separate Cordelia, Lucie, and the Merry Thieves from help of any kind. Nor can her friends help-ripped apart by their own secrets, they seem destined to face what is coming alone. Cordelia longs to protect James but is torn between a love for James she has long believed hopeless, and the possibility of a new life with Matthew. The long-kept secret that Belial is James and Lucie’s grandfather has been revealed by an unexpected enemy, and the Herondales find themselves under suspicion of dealings with demons.

Cordelia returns to a London riven by chaos and dissent. But reality intrudes when shocking news comes from home: Tatiana Blackthorn has escaped the Adamant Citadel, and London is under new threat by the Prince of Hell, Belial. After fleeing to Paris with Matthew Fairchild, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city’s glittering nightlife. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter. In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.

James and Cordelia must save London-and their marriage-in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare.

Chain of thorn