Lord of Shadows

Dark Artifices Series

Author: Cassandra Clare

Book 2 in the Dark Artifices series

Pages: 704

Published: 2017

Age: 14+

Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she'd be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire to protect him from the brutal consequences of parabatai relationships, she has begun dating his brother, Mark. But Mark has spent the past five years trapped in Faerie; can he ever truly be a Shadowhunter again?

And the faerie courts are not silent. The Unseelie King is tired of the Cold Peace, and will no longer concede to the Shadowhunters' demands. Caught between the demands of faerie and the laws of the Clave, Emma, Julian, and Mark must find a way to come together to defend everything they hold dear – before it's too late.

About the Dark Artifices Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Lady Midnight(2016)
  2. 2.Lord of Shadows(2017)
  3. 3.Queen of Air and Darkness(2018)

Reading age: 14+ years

This series should be read in order.

The sequel trilogy to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series.

It's been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.

Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions...

Glitz, glamour, and Shadowhunters abound in Cassandra Clare's Dark Artifices series.