City of Bones

Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly).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. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

"This version of New York, full of Buffyesque teens who are trying to save the world, is entertaining and will have fantasy readers anxiously awaiting the next book in the series."
-- School Library Journal

"City of Bones has everything: vampires, werewolves, faeries, true love, and stuff that blows up. What's more, Clare's characters are brilliant -- she better not kill any of them off in the next two volumes!"
-- Justine Larbalestier, author of Magic or Madness

"Lush and fun." -- Kirkus reviews

"Prepare to be hooked." -- Entertainment Weekly

"The new queen of fantasy." -- Wall Street Journal

"[A] smart, funny, romantic read." -- Seventeen

"Wildly popular...think Twilight on steroids" -- Extra

"Funny, dark, and sexy. One of my favorite books." -- Holly Black