But everything changes when the Blackthorn and Carstairs families come to London…and so does a remorseless and inescapable plague. James and Lucie Herondale, children of the famous Will and Tessa, have grown up in an idyll with their loving friends and family, listening to stories of good defeating evil and love conquering all. For years there has been peace in the Shadowhunter world. Welcome to Edwardian London, a time of electric lights and long shadows, the celebration of artistic beauty and the wild pursuit of pleasure, with demons waiting in the dark. Chain of Iron is the second installment of the The Last Hours Trilogy.Chain of Gold is the first novel in a new trilogy that stars the Shadowhunters of Edwardian London. And that he himself may be the killer they seek.

All the while, each is keeping a shocking secret: Lucie, that she plans to raise Jesse from the dead Cordelia, that she has sworn a dangerous oath of loyalty to a mysterious power and James, that he is being drawn further each night into the dark web of his grandfather, the arch-demon Belial. Together with the Merry Thieves, Cordelia, James and Lucie must follow the trail of the knife-wielding killer through the city’s most dangerous streets. And a serial murderer is targeting the Shadowhunters of London, killing under cover of darkness, then vanishing without a trace. Cortana burns Cordelia’s hand when she touches it, while her father has grown bitter and angry.

James is in love with the mysterious Grace Blackthorn whose brother, Jesse, died years ago in a terrible accident. James and Cordelia’s marriage is a lie, arranged to save Cordelia’s reputation.

She is about to be reunited with her beloved father.Īnd she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of Gold, from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare.

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