Meanwhile, Tessa Gray, still grieving from the death of her Aunt Harriet Moore, has just arrived from New York City to Southampton to stay her brother, Nate. An investigation of the dagger found with her body and the symbol of a double ouroboros leads them to the Pandemonium Club. In an alley near Whitechapel, parabatai Will Herondale and Jem Carstairs are fending off demons, when the latter discovers a dead body of fourteen-year-old mundane Emma Bayliss. It may contain some errors and may not yet conform with the wiki's quality standards.

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As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world. She soon finds herself fascinated by and torn between two best friends: Jem, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length.everyone, that is, but Tessa. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.įriendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called the Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. Only the Shadowhunters, Nephilim warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos. When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Magic is dangerous - but love is more dangerous still.

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