Picking her way over a toppled rose arbor, Lucie finally reached the old brick shed in the garden. Other statues were partially hidden by overhanging trees and unpruned hedges, as if they were being devoured by the dense foliage. She passed the cracked and ruined statues of Virgil and Sophocles, now overgrown by long tendrils of vines, their limbs broken off and lying among the weeds. With a kiss on the nose and a blanket over his withers, she left her horse, Balios, at the foot of the front steps and set off through the remains of the terraced garden.

It cast a gray pallor over ruined trees as Lucie Herondale drove her carriage up the long, neglected drive toward Chiswick House, its roof rising from the fog like the top of a Himalayan peak above clouds. Is he not found, O Lilith, whom shed scentĪnd soft-shed kisses and soft sleep shall snare?Ī smoky winter fog had settled atop the city of London, reaching its pale tendrils across the streets, wreathing the buildings in dull tinsel. The rose and poppy are her flower for where Till heart and body and life are in its hold. ExcerptĬhapter 1: The Bright Web 1 THE BRIGHT WEBĪnd still she sits, young while the earth is old,ĭraws men to watch the bright web she can weave, All the while, each is keeping a shocking secret: Lucie, that she is attempting to raise the dead Cordelia, that she has sworn a dangerous oath of loyalty to a mysterious power and James, that he himself may be the killer they seek. Now Cordelia, James, and Lucie must follow the trail of the killer through the city’s most dangerous streets. And a serial murderer is targeting the Shadowhunters of London, killing under cover of darkness, then vanishing without a trace. Cordelia’s marriage is a lie, arranged to save her reputation, while James remains in love with the Grace Blackthorn. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has always loved she has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie and she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade.īut the truth is far grimmer. Chain of Iron is a Shadowhunters novel.Ĭordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of Gold, from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare.

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