City of Bones 1 (The Mortal Instruments)

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By Cassandra Clare

The first book of The Mortal Instruments. A simple night out with her best friend Simon turns into a nightmare when fifteen-year-old Clary Fray witnesses a murder at the Pandemonium Club. The culprits are three teenagers covered in strange tattoos and brandishing weapons no one else seems to notice — in fact, Clary is the only one who sees the killing at all. The next day, more impossible sights make her wonder whether she is going mad, and when a desperate phone call from her mother brings Clary home to a scene of destruction and a monster that almost kills her, she finally gets some answers.

One of the teenagers from the club — Jace, who looks like an angel and behaves like a jerk — rescues her and introduces himself as a Shadowhunter, one of a secret order of warriors who drive demons out of the mundane world. Jace and his friends Alec and Isabelle hunt their prey on the streets of New York, unseen by humans. Except by Clary. They want to know how she can perceive the paranormal; she wants their help finding her missing mother. Their uneasy alliance draws Clary deeper into a world of Nephilim, werewolves, vampires and demons, where she adapts better than anyone expected.