The Mortal Instruments 2: City of Ashes

From the international bestselling author who defined romantasy: the original Shadowhunter series about demon hunting, betrayal, secrets and forbidden love
Second in Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series about the Shadowhunters.

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Second in Cassandra Clare’s internationally bestselling romantasy series about the world of the Shadowhunters.

Love. Blood. Betrayal. Demons.

Second in the New York Times No. 1 bestselling Mortal Instruments series that has swept the globe. City of Bones, the first book, is a major movie, and Shadowhunters a smash Netflix show.

Haunted by her past, Clary is dragged deeper into New York City's terrifying underworld of demons and Shadowhunters – but can she control her feelings for a boy who can never be hers? This edition contains exclusive bonus content as well as a map and a foreword by Cassandra Clare.

Read all the sensational books in The Shadowhunter Chronicles: The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours and The Shadowhunter's Codex.

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