![]() ![]() The stories vary in tone from the breezy and humorous (“What Really Happened in Peru,” “What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything”) to the serious and deadly (“The Midnight Heir,” “The Fall of the Hotel Dumort”). Though readers unfamiliar with both series may find themselves lost in the numerous intertextual references and enormous cast, knowledgeable fans will chuckle over the inside jokes and appreciate seeing more of secondary characters like Ragnor Fell, Camille Belacourt, and Raphael Santiago. ![]() Along the way he crosses paths with faces familiar to fans of Clare’s novels, filling in narrative gaps only hinted at in longer works and providing glimpses of the Shadowhunters in their older and younger years. Tales trace Magnus’ adventures from eighteenth-century Peru and Paris, through nineteenth-century London, and into twentieth-century New York City. Magnus Bane, the colorful, fashion-conscious warlock of Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series, stars in this collection of eleven short stories, ten of which were previously published electronically. ![]()
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