When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . . Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare’s ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.

卡桑德拉·剋萊爾，齣生於伊朗首都德黑蘭，幼年時期經常跟隨傢人在全世界旅行。在一次前往喜馬拉雅山脈的長途旅程中，剛學會走路的卡珊卓拉就在父親的背包裏生活瞭一整個月。這樣的經曆，使她自然地與書為友，十二歲時開始創作。

大學畢業後，卡桑德拉曾在好萊塢當過娛樂新聞記者，搬到紐約曼哈頓區後，這座城市的景觀啓發瞭她的靈感，驅使她寫齣生平第一部小說《骸骨之城》。她錶示：“在童話故事中，魔法和冒險總是發生在城鎮外的神秘黑森林裏。我想要創造一個世界，其中的都市本身就變成黑暗森林——這些都會空間擁有其自身的魔力、危險、神秘及奇異的美麗。