True love is shrouded in secrets and lies in the enchanting second
book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy,
prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series.
In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last
found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting
when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte,
replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position,
Tessa will be out on the street--and easy prey for the mysterious
Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends.
With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely
devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister's war on the
Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy
that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio
journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold
horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa
discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had
imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for
Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move--and
that one of their own has betrayed them.
Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for
Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something
is changing in Will--the wall he has built around himself is crumbling.
Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the
answers about who she is and what she was born to do?
As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the
friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they
can corrupt even the purest heart.
