If Tessa didn’t come obediently after a few of these attempts, Miranda would seize her and drag her, kicking and screaming, down the stairs to the hot, stinking room where the Dark Sisters waited. Ten minutes later she’d return and say the same thing again.

In a moment Tessa would ask her to wait in the corridor, and Miranda would leave the room. Tessa set the book she had been reading down on the bedside table, and turned to see Miranda standing in the doorway of her small room-just as she did at this time every day, delivering the same message she delivered every day. “The Sisters would like to see you in their chambers, Miss Gray.” ExcerptĬhapter 1: The Dark House 1 THE DARK HOUSE

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…and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all. She soon finds herself fascinated by-and torn between-two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and 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 a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform into another person. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos. When 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. Discover the “compulsively readable” ( Booklist) first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series! Clockwork Angel is a Shadowhunters novel. Magic is dangerous-but love is more dangerous still.

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare