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Queen of Air and Darkness is the epic conclusion to The Dark Artificers, another major trilogy in the Shadowhunter universe from bestselling author Cassandra Clare.
Innocent blood was spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, and the Mortal Sword was destroyed. Annabel's attack and her escape with the Black Volume of the Dead provide the perfect opportunity for the Cohort—a faction within the Clave that believes Shadowhunters must subjugate Downworlders—to seize power. This could be the end of the Cold Peace and the beginning of a new war.
As the Blackthotns struggle to navigate the fog of grief, the Clave seems on the verge of collapse. Part of the family returns to Los Angeles, while Julian and Emma are secretly sent by the new Inquisitor on a dangerous mission to the Faerie Kingdom, where a disease that threatens magic and the lives of warlocks is spreading.
Now at the Los Angeles Institute, blinded by grief, Ty Blackthorn bets all his chips on a spell that takes him and Kit back to the Shadow Market, a spell that could prove costly and put the entire family in danger. In the Faerie Kingdom, Julian finds himself once again tempted to negotiate with the Seelie Queen. Emma, despite barely recognizing her parabatai, will follow him wherever he goes, as their oath dictates.
Under the new Inquisitor's orders, tensions between Shadowhunters, faeries, and Downworlders escalate. Julian and Emma find themselves increasingly trapped in the Faerie Realm—where time moves at a different pace and there's more than just rivalry between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts—and held hostage by a secret that could divide the Shadowhunters and open a dark path to a future they never could have imagined.
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