Matthew Fairchild - James's parabatai who is in love with Cordelia and is struggling with his past and his alcoholism.

Lucie Herondale - James's younger sister who can control ghosts and has runaway to resurrect Jesse Blackthorn.

James Herondale - the man Cordelia is married to and grandson of the Prince of Hell Belial who struggles with his demonic abilities, and only recently realized his true feelings for Cordelia and Grace.

Cordelia Carstairs - a young Shadowhunter who believes her life is over now that she is the sworn paladin of Lilith.

For if they fail, they may lose everything-even their souls. If Cordelia and her friends are going to save their city-and their families-they will have to muster their courage, swallow their pride, and trust one another again. Left alone in a shadowy London, they must face Belial's deadly army. Nor can her friends help-ripped apart by their own secrets, they seem destined to face what is coming alone.įor time is short, and Belial's plan is about to crash into the Shadowhunters of London like a deadly wave, one that will separate Cordelia, Lucie, and the Merry Thieves from help of any kind. Cordelia longs to protect James but is torn between a love for James she has long believed hopeless, and the possibility of a new life with Matthew. The long-kept secret that Belial is James and Lucie's grandfather has been revealed by an unexpected enemy, and the Herondales find themselves under suspicion of dealings with demons.

But reality intrudes when shocking news comes from home: Tatiana Blackthorn has escaped the Adamant Citadel, and London is under new threat by the Prince of Hell, Belial.Ĭordelia returns to a London riven by chaos and dissent.

Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter.Īfter fleeing to Paris with Matthew Fairchild, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city's glittering nightlife. In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.

Cassandra clare the whitechapel fiend