City of Glass (Mortal Instruments)
American cover of the book City of Glass.
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| Author | Cassandra Clare |
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| Cover artist | Cliff Nielsen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Mortal Instruments |
| Genre | Fantasy Adventure |
| Publisher | Margaret K. McElderry |
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Publication date
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March 24, 2009 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 560 pp (hardback, first edition) |
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| Preceded by | City of Ashes |
| Followed by | City of Fallen Angels |
City of Glass is the third book in The Mortal Instruments series, an urban fantasy series set in New York written by Cassandra Clare. It was originally published in the United States in hardcover on March 24, 2009.
Picking up from City of Ashes, City of Glass begins a few days after Clary and Simon's awkward break-up. With the permission of the Clave and Alicante, Magnus Bane creates a portal to send the Lightwoods, Jace, Clary and Madeleine to Alicante. Desperate to keep Clary safe, Jace lures Simon to the Institute and asks him to lie to the Lightwoods about Clary not wanting to go to Idris. Their argument over the issue is interrupted when the Institute is attacked by Forsaken. During the attack Madeleine is killed. Simon is seriously injured, which leaves Jace with no choice but to bring him through the portal as well or risk the Forsaken killing him.
Magnus explains to Clary what has happened. Using her powers, Clary creates a portal leading to Alicante. Luke attempts to stop her, but instead both are dragged through to Idris. Since none will enter the city who are not authorized, they are thrown outside of the city, landing in a strange lake with odd reflective powers. Luke explains that they landed in Lake Lyn, which is the very lake that Raziel emerged from with the Mortal Cup and Sword, offering the instruments to Jonathan Shadowhunter (the first of the Shadowhunters). Lake Lyn has been cursed for all Shadowhunters since; if the toxic water is ingested, it causes intense hallucinations, fever, and madness.
On their way to Alicante, Clary starts hallucinating because of the lake water. When they are in the city, Clary collapses and Luke carries her to the home of a Shadowhunter known as Amatis, whom Clary later learns is Luke's sister. Amatis nurses Clary back to health.
Meanwhile, the others are introduced to Aline Penhallow and her cousin Sebastian Verlac. Some members of the Clave want Simon to lie and say that he, along with the Lightwood family, are Valentine's spies, but Simon refuses, which leads to his imprisonment.
Clary sneaks away from Luke's sister's house to find the others, only to find Jace and Aline kissing each other. Jace yells at Clary to drive her away. Clary leaves, heartbroken, and Sebastian offers to take her home, where she finds an angry Amatis waiting for her. Clary sorts things out with Amatis, and Sebastian later helps her with her plan to save her mother. The two go to Ragnor Fell's house the next day, where Clary is shocked to discover that Ragnor has been killed and that Magnus was there in his place. Magnus freezes Sebastian and informs Clary that she must gain a spellbook in the Wayland country home in order to save her mother. After unfreezing Sebastian, Clary and Sebastian leave and travel to the ruins of Fairchild manor, where she and Sebastian share a kiss that she breaks due to it not feeling right. She thinks about Jace throughout the whole kiss. Sebastian informs Clary that Simon is in jail.
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