The Mortal Instruments · Book 1
City of Bones
- Published
- 27 March 2007
- Pages
- 485
- ISBN-13
- 9781406307627
- Type
- novel
About this book
City of Bones, published 27 March 2007 at 485 pages, opens Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments with Clary Fray watching a boy murdered in a New York nightclub -- and then watching his body vanish, since nobody else in the room could see him at all. It launches the six-novel series and the wider Shadowhunter Chronicles franchise, introducing Clary's training alongside Jace Wayland and the hidden world of demon-hunting Shadowhunters; City of Ashes continues the story.
Its place in The Mortal Instruments
City of Bones is book 1 in the The Mortal Instruments series. It is followed by City of Ashes. See the full The Mortal Instruments reading order.
Clary Fray's ordinary New York teenage life ends the night she watches a boy get murdered in a nightclub -- and then watches his body disappear, because nobody else in the room could see him at all. Clary is dragged into the hidden world of Shadowhunters, warriors who hunt demons and keep the balance between the mundane world and the supernatural one, and discovers she's one of them, with a mother who's spent her whole life hiding that fact. As Clary trains alongside the enigmatic Jace Wayland and uncovers a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781742337968
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781406307627
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781606863619