City of bones - cassandra clare

Discover the world of the Shadowhunters in the first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and prepare to be hooked ( Entertainment Weekly )--now with a gorgeous new cover, a map, a new foreword, and exclusive bonus content City of Bones is a Shadowhunters novel.

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder--much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons.

And shes more than a little startled when the body disappears into thin air.

Soon Clary is introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own.

And Clary is introduced with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque monster.

How could a mere human survive such an attack and kill a demon? The Shadowhunters would like to know.