Discover the world of the Shadow hunters in the first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and ""prepare to be hooked"" (Entertainment Weekly) now with a gorgeous new cover, a map, a new foreword, and exclusive bonus content. City of Bones is a Shadow hunters novel. 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. And she's more than a little startled when the body disappears into thin air. Soon Clary is introduced to the world of the Shadow hunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own. And Clary is introduced with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque monster. How could a mere human survive such an attack and kill a demon.