A hardback collection of all eight Ghosts of the Shadow Market stories, along with two brand new ones, about characters from Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling Shadowhunters series. The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. There the Downworlder's buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. Follow Brother Zachariah and see, against the backdrop of the Shadow Market's dark dealing and festival, Anna Lightwood's doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild's great sin and Tessa Gray plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland's soul finds safe harbour. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no-one can save you once you have traded away your heart. Not even Brother Zachariah. The series features characters from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, Dark Artifices and the upcoming Last Hours series.
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[The railway viaduct passed only a hairsbreadth away from St Saviour's Church - CAST LONG SHADOWS]***
(Walker Books, 6 June 2019, 624 pages, hardback, bought from @AmazonUK)
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I absolutely loved this book. I'm a massive fan of Cassandra Clare and the Shadowhunters. I haven't read The Dark Artifices series yet and really must get on. The most enjoyable aspect of these stories is that it features cameos from many characters to be found in the other books. There are appearances by some key and some minor player from all three series. This was like wandering into a room and finding myself surrounded by some beloved old friends. There are story threads that run through every tale and my favourite was Brother Zachariah aka Jem Carstairs looking for a lose Herondale being hunted by Fey. The best stories were A Deeper Love, Through Blood, Through Fire and The Lost World.
