Chain of Gold

　　科迪莉亞．卡斯泰爾斯是暗影獵手，她是一名從小就受過惡魔訓練的戰士。當　科迪莉亞的父親被指控犯下嚴重罪行被捕，母親試圖安排孩子移居倫敦，並鼓勵十六歲的科迪莉亞尋找有影響力的求婚者，來挽救家族的聲譽。科迪莉亞和兄弟前往倫敦，希望避免家庭的破產。科迪莉亞在倫敦巧遇了兒時的朋友詹姆斯和露西，他們需要她協助追捕殺害他們弟兄的惡魔。

　　比起尋找求婚者，科迪莉亞更願意集中精力幫助他們！然而，當一系列令人震驚的惡魔襲擊摧毀了倫敦時，科迪莉亞的新生活也被摧毀了。這些惡魔在日光下行走，用無法治癒的毒藥擊中那些毫無戒心的人，倫敦立即被隔離！被困在這座城市中的科迪莉亞和她的朋友們發現，自己與黑暗遺產的聯繫，賦予了他們不可思議的力量──迫使他們進行殘酷的選擇，這將揭示出成為英雄的真正殘酷代價。但科迪莉亞沒料到的是，在這個過程中，她情不自禁喜歡上詹姆斯，但又必須掩飾這份愛戀，因為詹姆斯已發誓要跟別人結婚……

　　本書以大量不同種族、性向和物種繪製的靈巧角色，探索友誼和愛情的錯綜複雜。克萊爾（Clare）憑藉生動的文字，讓陰謀和浪漫氣氛打造出豐富的幻想，各種奇幻、刺激且驚悚的事物，透過快速的文字鏡頭呈現在讀者眼前，讓人血脈噴張，身歷其境。　

　　From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes the first novel in a brand-new trilogy where evil hides in plain sight and love cuts deeper than any blade. Chain of Gold is a Shadowhunters novel.

　　Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to Edwardian London in hopes of preventing the family's ruin. Cordelia's mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world of glittering ballrooms, secret assignations, and supernatural salons, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians. All the while, she must hide her secret love for James, who is sworn to marry someone else.

　　But Cordelia's new life is blown apart when a shocking series of demon attacks devastate London. These monsters are nothing like those Shadowhunters have fought before-these demons walk in daylight, strike down the unwary with incurable poison, and seem impossible to kill. London is immediately quarantined. Trapped in the city, Cordelia and her friends discover that their own connection to a dark legacy has gifted them with incredible powers-and forced a brutal choice that will reveal the true cruel price of being a hero.