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Chain of Gold Audio CD – Unabridged, March 3 2020

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“A pure distillation of fantasy’s enchanting mirror held up to our own truths.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Richly imagined…rife with action, intrigue, and smoldering romance.” —Publishers Weekly

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 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.

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544 pages
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Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication date

March 3 2020
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14 years and up
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12.86 x 4.57 x 14.92 cm
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1442386401
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978-1442386402
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Audio; Unabridged edition (March 3 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Audio CD ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1442386401
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1442386402
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 499 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.86 x 4.57 x 14.92 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #1,299,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,302 in Dark Fantasy for Young Adults
- #4,767 in Action & Adventure for Young Adults

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Cassandra Clare is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Mortal Instruments series and the Infernal Devices trilogy, and coauthor of the Bane Chronicles with Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson. She also wrote The Shadowhunter’s Codex with her husband, Joshua Lewis. Her books have more than 36 million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts. Visit her at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com.

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cindy k.

Great book. Very fast service

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 9, 2023

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For my own pleasure

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 17, 2022

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I liked this book, it is promising as the debut of a new trilogy, but I was expecting more.

The characters are great, although I would have liked to get to know them a little more so I could get attached to them a little more. We know who's the soft one, who's the clown or the nerdy one, but besides that, we don't know much about James, Matthew, Thomas, and Christopher. Lucie, Anna, and Cordelia add a nice elegant, and feminine yet kick-ass touch to this story. One problem for me though was the impressive cast size of this book. I had to write down who was related to who for the first 100 pages or so because there were so many new characters! The main characters I was able to differentiate from each other, but I admit that the secondary characters were sometimes just mixed up and because of that, I didn't really care what happened to them. Also, why are they all so freakishly beautiful? Boys and girls are all described as gorgeous, beautiful, pretty, etc. (except maybe Tatianna Blackthorn)... I know that they are Shadowhunters, but it's not very realistic anymore if every single one of them is a dashing beauty.

Another downside for me was that up until p.150 or so, I still had no real idea of where this story was going. I didn't really know what the intrigue would be, what the big menace in London city would be... I feel that there was a lot of time spent on building the atmosphere and introducing the characters in their everyday life and interactions, but the building of the intrigue was lacking.

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M.A

Just as great as the Infernal Devices series!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 29, 2020

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I loved seeing our favourite characters again from the Infernal Devices, but I also like the new characters as well! Seeing the Shadowhunters living in a time of peace was interesting but so was the conflict they ended up having to deal with. Reading about a new demon, London under quarantine, and some new abilities the characters had made this book an exciting read! Definitely looking forward to the rest of this series :)

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Lea Payet

As always, I'm a fan

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 16, 2021

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I always enjoy reading a new book from Cassandra Clare and this one doesn't disappoint. Can't wait to start the next one in a few minutes

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Ashley

So far my favourite Clare series

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 7, 2021

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If you enjoy the Shadowhunter world you will love this one. Clare has done it again! My favourite series of this world thus far

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 23, 2020

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As always Ms.Clare delivered another great shadowhunter book! I’m always swept away from the insanity of reality. As a mother of a gay child I thank you so much for the inclusivity your books provide.

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Zinkhana

Didn't hook me as I was expecting.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 16, 2020

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I love Cassandra Claire's books but I found that I had a hard time staying intrigued with this book. i have read all her books and it didn't hook me like her other books have. Not sure if it was that there is alot of information and back stories, but it is a good book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 6, 2020

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The friendship circle was outstanding. Each character could work perfectly with one another. Each of them have their own assorted secrets and it perfectly mixes with the team dynamic. The Shadowhunter world remains a favourite.

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Charlotte Selby

A strong reminder of why I keep coming back for more

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 22, 2020

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Stories offer a thousand fresh starts "

It's no secret that Cassandra Clare is one of my favourite authors. Having said that, it doesn't mean her books aren't sometimes without faults for me. Her previous series, The Dark Artifices was very hit and miss for me so, admittedly, I was a bit nervous going into a new series: especially one primarily centred around the Herondales who I care very little for. Yet Chain Of Gold feels like the reset the Shadowhunter world really needed.

Cassandra Clare's ability for storytelling, world building, and her ever improving writing technique is just a fantastic combination for a book. Where I had issues with info dumping in previous books, it felt balanced perfectly here and there was just enough for you to pick up the relationships between new and existing characters without feeling lost an overewhelmed. As always with Clare's books, the first few hundred pages are more about establishing everything and setting the scene before things got going. This worked well when things did start to go down because I had become so relaxed that suddenly all the bad stuff became an even bigger shock.

What amazes me about the shadowhunter world is that even with the amount of books out there, Clare is yet to really repeat anything. Each book has another corner turn that was impossible to predict and Chain Of Gold had me pacing the floor several times.

It feels more like this is a book someone could use as their first entry to the shadowhunter world compared to those comments made about The Dark Artifices but with these characters I was reminded deeply why I am so fond of returning to the shadowhunter world.

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Cecereads23

Stepping back into the world.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 21, 2020

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I love the Edwardian era when it comes to Cassandra clare and Shadowhunters. I would recommend reading Infernal Devices before reading this as it is a sequel to the main characters children.

This is a book that will give you all the feels [squealing with delight at new characters to love. Cordelia, James, Lucie, Matthew, Kit, Thomas, Jesse, Grace etc and seeing the ones we already know Will, Tessa, Jem, Gabriel etc. Crying out no that can’t be especially the end. New ships to love, yes you will have new ones to love as well as the new ones]

I loved the build in this story and the way it felt like we knew the characters even though we have just really met them except little tasters before. I cannot wait till the next one as I feel like I need more.

It will be a book I am going to read again and again. At the moment I feel will be in my top 3 reads for 2020.

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Georgina Needham

calling it now, this is the book of 2020!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 25, 2020

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this book. This BOOK. Out of all the Shadowhunter books the Infernal Devices ones are my favourite, so when it was announced that Cassandra was going to Center a trilogy around the children of the TID characters I SCREAMED!

Chain of gold really had a lot to live up to. And I can confidently say it exceeded all my expectations. It was a FANTASTIC read with loveable new characters, and classic characters from books past (that was everything! I am here for Father Will Herondale! 😂)

Now the waiting for the second book begins!

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Spencer1124

An excellent addition to the shadow hunter world!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 29, 2022

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Wow! I’m not even sure how to put into words how much I enjoyed this book. I’ve read some previous books by Cassandra Clare before but this is my favourite to date.

Chain of Gold is the first book in the Shadowhunter trilogy The Last Hours. It follows Cordelia, who has moved to London after her father was disgraced. She has to try and integrate with her fellow shadowhunters and save him. But there is a new danger in the form of Demons that can appear during the day. Can she stay safe and achieve her goal?

This book made me feel so many emotions. I found myself laughing at all the amazing sassy remarks. I found myself with tears in my eyes as the walls that characters had built up started to tumble down. I also experienced such intense frustration that I wanted to climb into the book and physically shake sense into James! The book shifts between differing time points, following the characters’ present and their pasts. It took me a little while to get used to this but once I got to grips with it I absolutely loved it.

Cassandra Clare has created such a vivid world with the shadowhunters. I love the intricate details that reappear across the books. I fell completely in love with Cordelia. I love a book with a strong female character but Cordelia seemed to take this even further. She has so much strength, both emotionally and physically. But she also has a deep kindness and love for others. I was also really pleased that one of my favourite characters from past books made an appearance. I absolutely adore Magnus Bane and I definitely think he needs to go and get his cat! This is a story of love, bravery and inheritance. But most of all, it’s a story of friendship.

I absolutely recommend this book to any fantasy fans! I’m a new convert to fantasy novels, and this book has made me want to read every fantasy novel I can find right this instant! I want to thank Tandem Collective, Walker Books and Cassandra Clare for allowing me to read this book and give my personal thoughts.

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JamieM

Another gem by Cassandra Clare

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 2, 2020

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LOVED Chain of Gold! I am already a big Cassandra Clare fan, and I have read most of the Shadowhunter stories and loved this one too. Unlike the other Shadowhunter novels, this one (like the Infernal Devices) is set in the Victorian era (early 1900s). There's a lot of different characters involved in this story but Cassie does a brilliant job of weaving each of their individual stories into this book. I think the Victorian era really make this a stand out book from all the other Shadowhunter novels. If you're already a Cassandra Clare fan, definitely give this a go, if you haven't read them before, don't be afraid! You can start your journey here if you like! For a more in depth review of this book (and others) find me on Instagram @authorjamiemacilwaine

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