Clary Fairchild - Jace's girlfriend, a Shadowhunter with the ability to create new runes.

Jace Herondale - Alec's parabatai, known as the best warrior of his generation Jace accompanies his parabatai on this mission but is struggling with a decision of his own.

Ragnor Fell - Magnus's oldest friend, presumed dead, returns and seems to be working on the side of a Greater Demon.

Shinyun Jung - a corrupt warlock who steals the Book of the White from Magnus and lures them to Shanghai.

Alec Lightwood - a Shadowhunter on a mission to save his boyfriend, Magnus, and safely return home to their son.Magnus Bane - the High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus encounters an old enemy and friend, who stab him with a magical weapon, forcing him and his friends to go after them.But what they find there is far stranger and more nefarious than they ever could have expected… When a violent encounter causes Magnus's magic to grow increasingly unstable, Alec and Magnus rally their friends to strike at the heart of the demon's power. Their goal is to open a Portal from the demon realms to Earth, flooding the city of Shanghai with dangerous demons. Ragnor and Shinyun are working at the behest of a Greater Demon. With the help of Clary Fairchild, Jace Herondale, Isabelle Lightwood, and Simon Lovelace (who is fresh from the Shadowhunter Academy), they track the warlocks to Shanghai.īut nothing is as it seems. Realizing that Ragnor and Shinyun are being controlled by a more sinister force, Magnus and Alec set out to stop them and recover the book before they can cause any more harm. Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood are settling into domestic life with their son Max when the warlocks Ragnor Fell and Shinyun Jung break into their loft and steal a powerful spell book. Can they stop the threat to the world? Will they make it back home before their kid completely wears out Alec’s mom? Magnus’s magic is growing unstable, and if they can’t stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have to follow them all the way back to the source-the realm of the dead. In Shanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them.

They need to follow the thieves to Shanghai, they need to call some backup to accompany them, and they need a babysitter.Īlso, someone has stabbed Magnus with a strange magical weapon and the wound is glowing, so they have that to worry about too.įortunately, their backup consists of Clary, Jace, Isabelle, and newly minted Shadowhunter Simon. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus’s apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. They’re living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet-as peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway. Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood.

The lost book of the white