Prologue: Ancient Sands

Five years after the life altering events of The Mortal Instruments, seventeen year old Emma Carstairs dedicates her life to becoming the best shadowhunter since Jace Herondale in order to find revenge for her parents death. Emma's life was just getting better- disregarding her feelings for the one person she is forbidden to love- after the tramatic experience of the Dark War. But when bodies with the same odd markings cut into the flesh that her parents were found with, Emma's days training with her parabatai at the Los Angeles Institute take a dark turn, leaving her at the center of a scheme greater than she had imagined. There is a sinister connection between warlock run night clubs and demon trails, and when the Fair Folk strike a deal with Shadowhunters, Emma watches the cycle of power impact her world as she tries to cling to all she holds dear. And when those she was taught to trust betray her and her allies, she has to learn the true meaning of heroism in her trying ordeal of strength and sacrifice, and loyalty and love.