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 by three
teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing
bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but
it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into
thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but
Clary.
Equally startled by her ability to see them, the
murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret
tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons.
Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears and
Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon. But why
would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary
and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight?
The Shadowhunters would like to know....