I wasn’t created to love—only to destroy. But fate doesn’t ask permission. I wake to a world in chaos, the taste of stardust on my tongue and fragments of galaxies burning behind my eyes. No name. No past. No idea how I came to be here. In the ruins of a shattered battlefield, they find me wrapped in smoke and splattered with blood that isn’t mine—each of them desperate to decipher who I am and why I’ve been thrust into their war. They claim to be kings of this world, with the power to protect me. A wraith who moves like smoke but feels like fire, igniting sparks that dance beneath my skin.A fae with a silver tongue and lips I ache to trust.A vampire who drinks desire like wine and vows to ruin me sweetly.And a shape-shifting predator whose hungry gaze sets my pulse racing, hinting at danger and surrender—if I want it. They circle me like wolves, drawn to a power and vulnerability they can’t resist. Their heated glances and whispered promises awaken something inside me...a longing that trembles on the line between defiance and desire. While I may feel the pull of each of them, I know I wasn’t made for their cages, gilded or otherwise. But in a fractured world at war between man and magic, I’ll need allies as I uncover who—and what—I truly am. As their lustful whispers tangle with my thoughts and their searing touches threaten to unravel me, fragments of my memories begin to surface. Each of them swears they’ll never let me go. But they’ll soon learn I wasn’t made to be kept. Some call me death. Others, salvation. When I rise, the world will remember what it means to fall.

The New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments continues—and so do the thrills and danger for Jace, Clary, and Simon. What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound her beloved Jace together with her evil brother Sebastian, and that Jace has become a servant of evil. The Clave is out to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. As Alec, Magnus, Simon, and Isabelle wheedle and bargain with Seelies, demons, and the merciless Iron Sisters to try to save Jace, Clary plays a dangerous game of her own. The price of losing is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost? Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.

In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street—and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa’s powers for his own dark ends. With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move—and that one of their own has betrayed them. Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, but her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will—the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do? As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.

I wasn’t created to love—only to destroy. But fate doesn’t ask permission. I wake to a world in chaos, the taste of stardust on my tongue and fragments of galaxies burning behind my eyes. No name. No past. No idea how I came to be here. In the ruins of a shattered battlefield, they find me wrapped in smoke and splattered with blood that isn’t mine—each of them desperate to decipher who I am and why I’ve been thrust into their war. They claim to be kings of this world, with the power to protect me. A wraith who moves like smoke but feels like fire, igniting sparks that dance beneath my skin.A fae with a silver tongue and lips I ache to trust.A vampire who drinks desire like wine and vows to ruin me sweetly.And a shape-shifting predator whose hungry gaze sets my pulse racing, hinting at danger and surrender—if I want it. They circle me like wolves, drawn to a power and vulnerability they can’t resist. Their heated glances and whispered promises awaken something inside me...a longing that trembles on the line between defiance and desire. While I may feel the pull of each of them, I know I wasn’t made for their cages, gilded or otherwise. But in a fractured world at war between man and magic, I’ll need allies as I uncover who—and what—I truly am. As their lustful whispers tangle with my thoughts and their searing touches threaten to unravel me, fragments of my memories begin to surface. Each of them swears they’ll never let me go. But they’ll soon learn I wasn’t made to be kept. Some call me death. Others, salvation. When I rise, the world will remember what it means to fall.

In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street—and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa’s powers for his own dark ends. With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move—and that one of their own has betrayed them. Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, but her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will—the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do? As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.