General Information | |
Title: | The Shadowhunter Chronicles: 1. The Mortal Instruments 2. The Infernal Devices 3. The Dark Artifices 4. The Last Hours, 5. The Bane Chronicles |
Author: | Cassandra Clare |
Release Date: | March 27, 2007 (first book) |
Genre: | Fantasy, Young-adult fiction |
Number of Pages: | 400-700 pages |
Description: | The Mortal Instruments is a series of young adult novels that follows Clary Fray, Jace Herondale, Simon Lewis, Isabelle Lightwood, Alec Lightwood and other Downworlders and Shadowhunters in the New York Institute. Seemingly normal at first, Clary soon gets sucked into the world of Nephilim and other creatures when she finds out that she is a Shadowhunter.
The Infernal Devices is the prequel series to The Mortal Instruments. Set in Victorian London, the series follows Tessa Gray, an orphaned teenage girl who discovers she has the power to shapeshift, abilities that plunge her into a world she never knew existed. She will have to forge an alliance with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute if she wants to survive in this dangerous world.
The Bane Chronicles is a compilation of eleven stories that fill in some of the blanks surrounding Magnus Bane. |
Main Characters: | Clary Fray, Tessa Gray, Emma Carstairs, Magnus Bane, and more... |
Related Book Series: | The Shadowhunter's Codex The Bane Chronicles Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy The Infernal Devices: Manga Series |
Related Films: | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), Rated PG-13 |
Content Ratings | |
Rating: | Ages 12 & Up |
Violence: | Violent actions of a fantasy nature, involving human or non-human characters in situations easily distinguishable from real life |
Language: | Mild |
Sexual Themes and Nudity: | References to sex or sexuality, references to rape or other violent sexual acts, references to incest |
Drugs and Alcohol: | Mild references to drugs and alcohol |
Crude Humor or Comic Mischief: | Mild |