From Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes the second installment in the
New York Times bestselling series that defies what you think you know
about the worlds of good and evil.
Callum Hunt's summer break isn't like other kids'. His closest companion
is a Chaos-ridden wolf, Havoc. His father suspects him of being secretly
evil. And, of course, most kids aren't heading back to the magical world
of the Magisterium in the fall.It's not easy for Call . . . and it gets
even harder after he checks out his basement and discovers that his dad
might be trying to destroy both him and Havoc.Call escapes to the
Magisterium -- but things only intensify there. The Alkahest -- a copper
gauntlet capable of separating certain magicians from their magic -- has
been stolen. And in their search to discover the culprit, Call and his
friends Aaron and Tamara awaken the attention of some very dangerous
foes -- and get closer to an even more dangerous truth.As the mysteries
of the Magisterium deepen and widen, bestselling authors Holly Black and
Cassandra Clare take readers on an extraordinary journey through one
boy's conflict -- and a whole world's fate.