The Dark Artifices
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Author | Cassandra Clare |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy, young adult fiction, urban fantasy |
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Published | March 8, 2016 – present |
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Print (hardcover and paperback) Audiobook |
Preceded by | The Mortal Instruments |
The Dark Artifices is an in-progress trilogy written by Cassandra Clare. The series is chronologically the fourth series in The Shadowhunter Chronicles and a sequel to The Mortal Instruments. It is based in Los Angeles.
Publication history
- Lady Midnight (March 8, 2016)
- Lord of Shadows (May 23, 2017)[1]
- The Queen of Air and Darkness (TBA)
Characters
- Emma Carstairs (featured in City of Heavenly Fire)
Emma Carstairs is known to be the next greatest Shadowhunter, or in other words the next Jace Herondale. In this book she faces a lot of tough decisions about her love life while fighting for information on her parents' death. Also seeks more information about why you can't fall in love with your parabatai. She treats the Blackthorns as her actual family and would do anything for them. She is friends with Cristina Rosales and ex-girlfriend of Cameron Ashdown.
- Julian Blackthorn (featured in City of Heavenly Fire)
Julian Blackthorn is Emma's parabatai and lives in the Los Angeles Institute with his siblings, his uncle Arthur and Emma. Due to Arthur's mental health, Julian runs the Institute and cares for his siblings.
- Mark Blackthorn (featured in City of Heavenly Fire)
Mark Blackthorn is the older half-brother of Julien, Livia, Tiberius, Drusilla and Octavian. He is half-fey. After being given to The Wild Hunt in City of Heavenly Fire, Mark is returned to his family by the Wild Hunt as a bargaining chip for Emma and the Blackthorns to solve murders happening to Mundanes and Faeries.
- Cristina Mendoza Rosales
Cristina Mendoza Rosales is a Shadowhunter from the Mexico Institute, who comes to study at the Los Angeles Institute and becomes friends with Emma.
- Diego Rocío Rosales
- The Blackthorn Children (Livia, Tiberius, Drusilla, Octavian) (featured in City of Heavenly Fire)
Livia, Tiberius, Drusilla and Octavian are the younger siblings of Julien and Mark.
- Magnus Bane (featured in every published "The Shadowhunter Chronicles" book)
- Kieran (featured in Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy)
Kieran is the Prince of the Unseelie Court and a member of the Wild Hunt.
- Kit Rook
Kit Rook is a Shadowhunter from a previously unknown branch of the Herondale family.
- Diana Wrayburn (featured in City of Heavenly Fire)
Diana Wrayburn is the tutor at the Los Angeles Institute, a job previously held by Katrina, who became an Endarkened.
- Clary Fairchild (featured in every published book of "The Mortal Instruments")
Clarissa (Clary) Fairchild is the co-head of The New York Institute alongside her boyfriend Jace.
- Jace Herondale (featured in every published book of "The Mortal Instruments")
Jace Herondale is the co-head of the New York Institute alongside his girlfriend Clary.