City of Lost Souls
Information
Author	Cassandra Clare
Release Date	May 8, 2012
Published By	McElderry Books
Cover	Jace Lightwood & Clary Fray
Series	The Mortal Instruments
Pages	534
Chronology
Preceded by City of Fallen Angels	Followed by City of Heavenly Fire

City of Lost Souls is the fifth novel in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare.

SynopsisEdit

The demon, Lilith, has been destroyed and Jace has been freed from his captivity. But when the Shadowhunters arrive to rescue him, they find only blood and broken glass. Not only is the boy Clary loves missing – but so is the boy she hates, Sebastian, the son of her father, Valentine: a son determined to succeed where their father failed, and bring the Shadowhunters to their knees.

No magic the Clave can summon can locate either boy, but Jace cannot stay away – not from Clary. When they meet again Clary discovers the horror Lilith’s dying magic has brought – Jace is no longer the boy she loved. He and Sebastian are now bound to each other, and Jace has become what he most feared: a true servant of Valentine’s evil. The Clave is determined to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. Will the Shadowhunters hesitate to kill one of their own?

Only a small band of Clary and Jace’s friends and family believe that Jace can still be saved – and that the fate of the Shadowhunters’ future may hinge on that salvation. They must defy the Clave and strike out on their own. Alec, Magnus, Simon and Isabelle must work together to save Jace: bargaining with the sinister Seelie Queen, contemplating deals with demons, and turning at last to the Iron Sisters, the reclusive and merciless weapons makers for the Shadowhunters, who tell them that no weapon on this Earth can sever the bond between Sebastian and Jace. Their only chance of cutting Jace free is to challenge Heaven and Hell – a risk that could claim any, or all, of their lives.

And they must do it without Clary. For Clary has gone into the heart of darkness, to play a dangerous game utterly alone. The price of losing the game is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she even still trust him? Or is he truly lost? What price is too high to pay, even for love?

Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.

PlotEdit

Story begins with scene of Simon, who comes home and finds that his mother has marked the door with holy signs, so he can't enter. After argument with her, he starts to go to Jordan's, but Clary calls him, distraught, and tells him that Jace is missing.

The real beginning of the story is set two weeks after rooftop scene from City of Fallen Angels. Jace and Sebastian are still missing, and Clave used Mortal Sword to drag any kind of information from Clary, but without success. After being cleared from any wrongdoing, Clary, Alec, Isabelle and Simon goes to Seelie Queen to find any kind of help. For informations about Jace, Seelie Queen requests two faerie rings by which their wearers can telepathically communicate with each other. In process of taking them from Institute, Clary saw Jace and Sebastian talking, almost like they're friends, even brothers. When they left, she Portaled to the meeting place and told everyone what she saw. Everyone was pretty alarmed about that fact, but after Jace's and Sebastian's appearing in Luke's house, and near death of Luke in process, Clary took extreme steps: she voluntarily follows Jace and Sebastian to their safehouse alone, risking her life.

Meanwhile, Magnus, Jocelyn, Alec, Isabelle, Maia, Jordan and Simon are trying to figure out a way to cut the connection between Jace and Sebastian, who bounds them in such way, that if you kill one, you kill other as well. Jocelyn and Isabelle goes to Iron Sisters, experts in weapons. There, they learn that only a weapon from Heaven or Hell can sever that connection. Simon raises angel Raziel, who, rather grudgingly, gives him Glorius, sword of archangel Michael, but demands stripping the Mark of Cain from him. By allowing that, Simon is left without any supernatural protection.

ChaptersEdit

Prologue

Part One: No Evil Angel

1. The Last Council
2. Thorns
3. Bad Angels
4. And Immortality
5. Valentine's Son
6. No Weapon in this World
7. A Sea Change

Part Two: Certain Dark Thing

8. Fire Tests Gold
9. The Iron Sisters
10. The Wild Hunt
11. Ascribe All Sin
12. The Stuff of Heaven
13. The Bone Chandelier
14. As Ashes
15. Magdalena
16. Brothers and Sisters
17. Valediction

Part Three: All Is Changed

18. Raziel
19. Love and Blood
20. A Door Into the Dark
21. Raising Hell

Epilogue

GalleryEdit

VideosEdit

City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Book Trailer (SUB)(00:56)
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Special ContentEdit

In United StatesEdit

Barnes and Noble: Stephen Herondale's letter to Jace written before he died.

Walmart: Contains the story "A Dark Transformation", about how Jonathan Morgenstern took the identity of Sebastian Verlac.

Costco: Contains the story " The Act of Falling"also known as Dirty Sexy Alley Scene from City of Fallen Angels in Jace's perspective.

Target: Contains the story "A Question of Power", in which Alec and Camille talk about Magnus and his father.

In CanadaEdit

Indigo/Chapters: Contains Stephen Herondale's letter to Jace, written before he died.

Costco: Contains the story " The Act of Falling"also known as Dirty Sexy Alley Scene from City of Fallen Angels in Jace's perspective.

In Australia and United KingdomEdit

Walker Books UK: Contains the short story “A Dark Transformation,” about how Jonathan Morgenstern took over the identity of Sebastian Verlac.

Dymocks Booksellers: Contains the short story “A Dark Transformation,” about how Jonathan Morgenstern took over the identity of Sebastian Verlac.

Collins Booksellers: Contains the short story “A Question of Power,” in which Alec and Camille talk about Magnus and his father.

Leading Edge Booksellers (Independents): Contains the short story “The Act of Falling,” also known as the Dirty Sexy Alley Scene from Jace’s perspective.

Booktopia: Contains Stephen Herondale's letter to Jace, written before he died.