By Cassandra Clare (author) Part of the The Dark Artifices series
"A review for Lady Midnight, book 1 in the Dark Artifices series."
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From the creator of the Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices trilogy comes this epic first instalment of the author’s highly anticipated The Dark Artifices series.
Lady Midnight is populated with pretty much every kind of mythological and supernatural being you could wish for (witches, warlocks, werewolves, vampires, faeries to name a few), but none more intriguing than the Nephilim Shadowhunters, part-angel, part-human beings who adorn themselves with protective runes.
Emma Carstairs is a Shadowhunter and, as such, she’s bound to her parabatai platonic soul mate Julian for life. Emma is also set on avenging her parents’ death. Then, when bodies bearing the same marks as those on her parents’ are found in her home city of Los Angeles, Emma’s search for their murderer leads her down all kinds of treacherously demonic paths.
Clare has a real talent for creating richly-realised fantasy worlds and plummeting her gutsy, larger-than-life protagonists into seriously high-stakes situations. This is a hugely entertaining and expansive start to her new series, with more glamour that you can shake a stele stick at, and more than enough intrigue to keep forum threads spinning furiously as fans await book two.
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Emma Carstairs is a Shadowhunter - the best in her generation. Together with her best friend and parabatai Julian Blackthorn, she patrols the streets of Los Angeles, where faeries - the most powerful of supernatural creatures - teeter on the edge of open war with Shadowhunters. But when bodies of murdered humans and faeries continue to turn up, Emma and Julian must strike an uneasy alliance with their supposed enemies in order to find the killer.
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Meanwhile, an extremist faction of Shadowhunters called the Cohort will do anything to seize power and turn Shadowhunters against Downworlders once and for all. Emma, Julian, and their friends must embark on a series of quests into the realms of Faerie and beyond in order to save the Shadow World as they know it - even as a deadly and ancient curse threatens to destroy them and everyone they love.
. . This beautifully packaged boxed set includes: Lady Midnight Lord of Shadows Queen of Air and Darkness
Cassandra Clare is the author of the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Lady Midnight, as well as the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices trilogy. She is the coauthor of The Bane Chronicles with Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson and Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Robin Wasserman, as well as The Shadowhunter’s Codex, which she cowrote with her husband, Joshua Lewis. Her books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages, a feature film, and a TV show, Shadowhunters, currently airing on Netflix. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com.
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Emma Carstairs is a Shadowhunter - the best in her generation. Together with her best friend and parabatai Julian Blackthorn, she patrols the streets of Los Angeles, where faeries - the most powerful of supernatural creatures - teeter on the edge of open war with Shadowhunters.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Dark Artifices Box Set and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
The Dark Artifices Box Set features in the following genres: Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for Young Adults
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The Dark Artifices Box Set was written by Cassandra Clare and published by Simon & Schuster Childrens Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Ltd
The Dark Artifices Box Set has 368 pages
Yes it is part of The Dark Artifices series
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