The City of Ashes

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter and your mother is in a magically induced coma? The Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go -- especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only

Is love worth betraying everything? Plunge into the second adventure in 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 Ashes* is a Shadowhunters nov

* **For fans of J. G. Ballard and early Ian McEwan, a tense psychological thriller and Kafkaesque parable by the author of The Hole --called "an airtight masterpiece" by the Korean Economic Daily.** Distinguished for his talents as a rat killer, the nameless protagonist of Hye-young Pyun's _Ashes an

In a future Manhattan devastated by environmental catastrophes and epidemics, sixteen-year-old Lucy survives alone until vicious hounds target her and force her to join Aidan and his band, but soon they learn that she is the target of Sweepers, who kidnap and infect people with plague.

Anne Preston is no longer a serial killer-by-proxy. The murderous psychic has relocated to Philadelphia and has taken on a new identity as Ann Paxton, where she continues her mission of karmic retribution by her own hand, making those pay who think they got away. Reuniting with her long-lost foster-