The Mortal Instruments is Cassandra Clare's young-adult urban fantasy series, set in a hidden world of Shadowhunters: half-angel warriors who police demons and the werewolves, vampires and faeries living quietly among ordinary people. Clary Fray's discovery that she belongs to this lineage drives the books collected here, City of Ashes and City of Glass, through war, family secrets and shifting alliances.
The 2013 film City of Bones tried to launch the saga on screen and stalled, leaving the books as the definitive version. The appeal is a dense, interconnected mythology and the romantic, high-stakes tone that made the series a cornerstone of 2000s teen fantasy. It moves between page and film, but the page is where it lives.
The The Mortal Instruments franchise spans 3 books, 1 movies in the CrossBinge catalog.
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Key people
- Cassandra Clare (Author)