The Mortal Instruments is a series of six young adult fantasy novels, authored by Cassandra Clare. City Of Bones is the first book of the series, and was originally published on March 27, 2007.
The protagonist, 15-year-old Clary Fray, goes to New York City’s Pandemonium Club with her best friend, Simon Lewis. When she observes a group of strange yet attractive teenagers sneakily enter a storeroom, she hardly expected to witness a murder. However, no one else seemed to notice anything out of the ordinary - and when the body disappeared into thin air, it was near impossible for her to report a murder which left no traces behind.
Later, Clary is at a poetry reading where she sees one of the teens she saw at Pandemonium, named Jace. He tells Clary in confidence about demon-hunters, also called shadowhunters or Nephilim, and explains that the murder she witnessed was one of them. Jace also claims that Clary is not a regular, mortal human, because no mundane form can see beings like him. Meanwhile, Clary answers her mother’s frantic call, which turns out to be a warning for her not to come home, and the call ends abruptly. Suddenly, Clary is thrown into Jace’s supernatural world - her mother has disappeared, and she herself is attacked by a demon.
Set in the city that never sleeps, delves into the fantastical world of angels, demons, evil spirits, faeries and shadowhunters. This edition of City Of Bones (The Mortal Instruments) was published by Walker in 2007, and is available in paperback.
Key Features:
- City of Bones featured on the New York Times Best Seller (children's books) list just a month after its release.
- The book was also adapted into a film that released in theaters on August 21, 2013.
