From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare & Wesley Chu comes the second book in theEldest Cursesseries & a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane & Alec Lightwood, for whom a death-defying mission into the heart of evil is not just a job, it’s also a romantic getaway.The Lost Book of the Whiteis aShadowhuntersnovel.°°°Life is good forMagnus Bane&Alec Lightwood. They’re living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son,Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets ofNew Yorkare peaceful & quiet—as peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway. Until the night that two old acquaintances break intoMagnus’sapartment & steal the powerfulBook of the White. NowMagnus&Alecwill have to drop everything to get it back. They need to follow the thieves toShanghai, they need to call some backup to accompany them, & they need a babysitter. Also, someone has stabbedMagnuswith a strange magical weapon & the wound is glowing, so they have that to worry about too.Fortunately, their backup consists ofClary,Jace,Isabelle, & newly mintedShadowhunter Simon. InShanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them.Magnus’smagic is growing unstable, and if they can’t stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have to follow them all the way back to the source—the realm of the dead. Can they stop the threat to the world? Will they make it back home before their kid completely wears outAlec’smom?°°°Wesley Chuis the author of 13 novels, includingThe Art of Prophecy,Time Salvager,The Rise of Io, &The Walking Dead: Typhoon. He won the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, & his debut,The Lives of Tao, won the Young Adult Library Services Association’s Alex Award. An accomplishedmartial artist& a former member of the Screen Actors Guild,Chuhasactedin film & television, & worked as amodel&stuntman.