The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel. It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses. Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions… Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters’ help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it? Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare’s Dark Artifices series.

Would you trade your soul mate for your soul? A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love. Emma Carstairs has learned that the love she shares with her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, isn’t just forbidden—it could destroy them both. She knows she should run from Julian. But how can she when the Blackthorns are threatened by enemies on all sides? Their only hope is the Black Volume of the Dead, a spell book of terrible power. Everyone wants it. Only the Blackthorns can find it. Spurred on by a dark bargain with the Seelie Queen, Emma; her best friend, Cristina; and Mark and Julian Blackthorn journey into the Courts of Faerie, where glittering revels hide bloody danger and no promise can be trusted. Meanwhile, rising tension between Shadowhunters and Downworlders has produced the Cohort, an extremist group of Shadowhunters dedicated to registering Downworlders and “unsuitable” Nephilim. They’ll do anything in their power to expose Julian’s secrets and take the Los Angeles Institute for their own. When Downworlders turn against the Clave, a new threat rises in the form of the Lord of Shadows—the Unseelie King, who sends his greatest warriors to slaughter those with Blackthorn blood and seize the Black Volume. As dangers close in, Julian devises a risky scheme that depends on the cooperation of an unpredictable enemy. But success may come with a price he and Emma cannot even imagine, one that will bring with it a reckoning of blood that could have repercussions for everyone and everything they hold dear.

Le Monde Obscur est en danger, le sang a coulé sur les marches sacrées de la salle du Conseil. Depuis la mort de Livia Blackthorn, l’Enclave est au bord de la guerre civile. Et tandis qu’un mal étrange éradique peu à peu la race des sorciers, Emma et Julian se voient assigner la mission de récupérer le dangereux Livre Noir. Le fléau des parabatai risquant de les détruire, les deux amants sont obligés de mettre leur amour interdit en sourdine. Entre sombres secrets et malédiction, c’est la survie des Chasseurs d’Ombres qui est en jeu.

Nữ Chúa Hư Vô, tác phẩm cuối cùng trong series Trò Lừa Xảo Quyệt của Cassandra Clare, đứng đầu danh sách tiểu thuyết bán chạy nhất của New York Times và USA Today sẽ mang đến cho chúng ta những âm mưu hắc ám cùng mối tình ngang trái đe dọa đến sự tồn vong của cả thế giới Thợ Săn Bóng Tối. Chuyện gì sẽ xảy ra khi tình yêu chân chính phải trả giá bằng sự hủy diệt? Máu người vô tội đã rơi giữa Sảnh Hội Đồng, thành trì thiêng liêng của Thợ Săn Bóng Tối. Đứng trước cái chết bi kịch của Livia Blackthorn, Clave càng lúc càng tiến gần tới bờ vực nội chiến. Các anh chị em nhà Blackthorn phải trốn chạy về Los Angeles, cố gắng điều tra nguyên nhân căn bệnh hiểm nghèo đang lây lan khắp giới pháp sư. Trong lúc đó Julian và Emma phải nỗ lực gạt bỏ tình riêng để thực hiện một nhiệm vụ nguy hiểm chết người ở Thế giới Thần Tiên: thu hồi Tập Sách Đen Tử Thần. Nào ngờ tại hai Triều Đình, cả hai lại phát hiện được một bí mật có khả năng xé vụn Thế Giới Bóng Tối và mở ra một tương lai đen tối không tài nào tưởng nổi. Emma và Julian buộc phải chạy đua với thời gian để bảo vệ thế giới Thợ Săn Bóng Tối trước khi thứ sức mạnh đáng sợ của lời nguyền parabatai hủy diệt họ cùng tất cả những người họ yêu thương.

What if damnation is the price of true love? Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. In the wake of the tragic death of Livia Blackthorn, the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find in the Courts is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of Shadowhunters before the deadly power of the parabatai curse destroys them and everyone they love.

Los Angeles 2012. Sono passati cinque anni da quando Emma Carstairs ha perso i genitori ed è diventata una talentuosa Shadowhunter. Accanto a lei il suo parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, al quale la lega un sentimento che la Legge degli Shadowhunters non ammette. E che potrebbe distruggere entrambi.

The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the Mortal Instruments series. One: From Lady Midnight It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses. Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions… Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters’ help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it? Two: From Lord of Shadows Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she’d be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire to protect him from the brutal consequences of parabatai relationships, she has begun dating his brother, Mark. But Mark has spent the past five years trapped in Faerie; can he ever truly be a Shadowhunter again? And the faerie courts are not silent. The Unseelie King is tired of the Cold Peace, and will no longer concede to the Shadowhunters’ demands. Caught between the demands of faerie and the laws of the Clave, Emma, Julian, and Mark must find a way to come together to defend everything they hold dear—before it’s too late.