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The Last Hours · Book 1

Chain of Gold

by Cassandra Clare
Published
3 March 2020
Pages
656
ISBN-13
9781406390766
Type
novel
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About this book

Chain of Gold, published 3 March 2020, opens Cassandra Clare's Last Hours trilogy at 656 pages, following Cordelia Carstairs to Edwardian London and a marriage of convenience to James Herondale, son of Will and Tessa from The Infernal Devices.

Key facts about Chain of Gold

Cassandra Clare wrote Chain of Gold, a novel on our list. It has been out since 3 March 2020. The book has 656 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781406390766 to find the main one.

Chain of Gold is book 1 of 4 in The Last Hours series. The series has 4 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. A Sea Change is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 28 April 2026.

Additionally, Cassandra Clare writes The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices and Magisterium, plus 4 more series. Those series sit on our fantasy shelf. Meanwhile, A Sea Change is the latest published Cassandra Clare book on file, from 28 April 2026.

About Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare built one of young-adult fantasy's largest ongoing universes almost by accident — she was writing entertainment journalism in New York before her 2007 debut, City of Bones, grew into The Mortal Instruments, the six-book series that introduced Shadowhunters: warriors who hunt demons in a modern world hiding in plain sight of angels, vampires and warlocks. See every Cassandra Clare book in order.

Its place in The Last Hours

Chain of Gold is book 1 in the The Last Hours series. It is followed by Chain of Iron. See the full The Last Hours reading order.

Set roughly a generation after The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours follows Cordelia Carstairs, the daughter of a disgraced Shadowhunter family, as she arrives in London hoping to restore her family's honor by joining a marriage of convenience to her childhood friend James Herondale -- son of Will and Tessa from The Infernal Devices. When a sinister figure called the Lightwarden begins turning ordinary weapons into instruments of a demonic plague, Cordelia, James, and their circle of friends (many of them…

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