prologue // guatemala city, 2003

In the aftermath of Dash's disappearance, Pluto wants nothing more than to just hide out down in the Grosvenor Square Laboratory with Christopher and never face the world again. Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Andy's begged Pluto to be the one to find the family that abandoned her in London, leaving her with no knowledge of her Shadowhunter heritage. And when Pluto's bulletin at the Shadow Market dredges up Andy's father with unprecedented speed, the story he tells is far from pretty. It's a story that goes back eight years to Amsterdam, to Pluto's Dutch cousins, and to the frightening possibility that Pluto might not be who - or what - xe thought xe was. Or, small children, detectives, and faeries vs. the plot of The Last Hours.