Cassandra Clare is known around the world as the author of the “The Mortal Instruments” trilogy (Shadow World, where the struggle between good and evil determines the fate of all humankind).
Unexpectedly, the main character becomes a witness to a murder in the New York club “Hell’s Kitchen.” The killers turn out to be three strange tattooed teenagers. This is Clare’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters—warriors called to watch over certain vampires, werewolves, and to rid the earth of a demon invasion.