Lady Midnight - Cassandra Clare - Paperback

The Dark Artifices, book one out of 3, completed series

In a secret world where half-angels warriors are sworn to fight demons, parabatai is a sacred word. A parabatai is your partner in battle. A parabatai is your best friend. Parabatai can be everything to each other - but they can never fall in love.

Emma Carstairs is a warrior, a Shadowhunter. She lives for battle. Alongside her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, she patrols Los Angels, where vampires party on the Sunset Strip, and faeries - the most powerful of supernatural creatures - teeter on the edge of war with Shadowhunters.

When the bodies of humans and faeries are found murdered in the same way Emma's parents were when she was a child, an uneasy alliance is formed. This is Emma's chance for revenge and Julian's chance to get back his brother Mark, who is being held by the faerie Courts. All they have to do is solve the murders within two weeks... and before the murderer targets them.

Their search takes Emma from sea caves full of sorcery to a dark lottery where death is dispensed. And each clue she unravels uncovers more secrets. What has Julian been hiding from her all these years? Why does Shadowhunter Law forbid parabatai to fall in love? Who really killed her parents and can they bear to know the truth?

Irene's notes: cool metallic cover

Binding: Paperback
Condition: Book bender: creases in the cover and on the spine, small tear on the spine
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Edition: First UK edition, 2016, 10th printing
Number of pages: 668
ISBN: 9781471116612