The Clockwork Princess
vol. 1 of The Infernal Devices
coming fall 2010

read the press release!

Though it may not look like much at the moment, this website will soon be the home for the fantasy series The Infernal Devices, a trilogy of prequels to the bestselling Mortal Instruments series. While The Mortal Instruments is set largely in present-day Manhattan, The Infernal Devices takes us back one hundred and forty years to the heart of Victorian England, exploring an earlier era in the history of the Shadowhunters — a time before the Accords, when Downworlder and Shadowhunters were at each other's throats. A time when orphaned teenager Tessa discovers she isn't human after all, but a warlock, capable of changing her shape to resemble anyone she desires to be. Tessa must use her power to descend into London's supernatural Downworld, where vampires stalk the gaslit streets of London, werewolves slink in the shadowy lanes of Whitechapel, and warlocks hold masquerade balls for demons and Downworlders in opium-smoke-filled ballrooms. But living in Downworld isn't simple — Tessa has to learn to trust her natural enemies, the demon-killing Shadowhunters, if she ever wants to control her powers and find her brother. Torn between the darkly gorgeous and devoted Will, a Shadowhunter hiding a deadly secret, and the brooding Jem, whose addiction to a demon drug is slowly destroying him, Tessa must draw on all her strength to save her brother and keep herself alive in this deadly new world.

"I know you are not who you pretend to be," Will said. "I know you are some demon thing, and I may find myself damned for seeking your aid. But thank you. Perhaps it is wrong to give thanks for damnation, but thank you nonetheless."

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