The Mortal Instruments Companion,a must-read guide to the wildly popular Mortal Instruments series, is a terrific gift for the millions of fans both young and oldespecially with the Sony Pictures film version of City of Bones, the first book in the series, hitting theaters in August 2013. Written by the New York Timesbestselling author of The Twilight Companionand The Hunger Games Companion, the book takes fans deeper into the world of the Shadowhunters created by Cassandra Clarea gritty urban fantasy world full of demon hunters into which Clary Fray, a Brooklynite previously unaware of the magical world, is suddenly and inexplicably pulled. The Mortal Instruments Companionincludes fascinating background facts about the action in all six books, a revealing biography of the author, and amazing insights into the series' major themes and featuresfrom the nature of evil and the Downworlders, to the power of the Sight, to the Mortal Instruments themselves. It's everything fans have been hungering for since the very first book! This book is not authorized by Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books, or anyone involved in the City of Bonesmovie.