City of Glass
core novel 2009 The Shadowhunter Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.27 (1,028,377 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 560 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781416914303 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
City of Glass finds Clary Fray traveling to Idris, the hidden homeland of the Shadowhunters, in defiance of the rules that normally keep outsiders like her away, determined to find a way to save her mother from the magically induced coma inflicted in the earlier books. She is joined by her best friend Simon, recently turned into a vampire, whose presence in Idris creates its own complications within the city of Alicante. There Clary comes into direct contact with Shadowhunter leadership and its political tensions while Valentine Morgenstern, her father, presses ahead with a plan to use the artifacts known as the Mortal Instruments against both Shadowhunters and Downworlders alike. As the community mobilizes against Valentine's threat, Clary must navigate old loyalties and new dangers while trying to protect the people closest to her.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Shadowhunter Chronicles
- Series: The Mortal Instruments core; position 3 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Cassandra Clare
Notes
- From the series record (The Mortal Instruments): The original six-book series that introduced the Shadowhunters.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Mortal Instruments: position 3 of 6: previous City of Ashes (2008) · next City of Fallen Angels (2011)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Mortal Instruments
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Glass
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Glass_(Clare_novel)
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