Chain of Iron: The Last Hours - Waterstones Exclusive Edition

Cordelia Carstairs appears to have everything she ever desired. She is engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood, and has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James's charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father, and she wields the legendary sword Cortana, a hero's blade.

However, the reality is far more grim. Cordelia and James's marriage is a sham, arranged to salvage Cordelia's reputation. James is in love with the enigmatic Grace Blackthorn, whose brother, Jesse, died years ago in a tragic accident. When Cordelia touches Cortana, the sword burns her hand, while her father has grown bitter and resentful.

Furthermore, a serial killer is targeting the Shadowhunters of London, slaying them under the cover of darkness and vanishing without a trace. Cordelia, James, and Lucie, along with the Merry Thieves, must follow the trail of the knife-wielding murderer through the city's most perilous streets.

Meanwhile, each of them is concealing a shocking secret. Lucie plans to resurrect Jesse from the dead, Cordelia has sworn a perilous oath of loyalty to a mysterious power, and James is being drawn deeper into the dark web of his grandfather, the arch-demon Belial. Worst of all, James himself may be the killer they are seeking.

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