From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series and a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood for whom a death-defying mission into the heart of evil is not just a job its also a romantic getaway. The Lost Book of the White is a Shadowhunters novel.Life is good foFrom #1 New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series and a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood for whom a death-defying mission into the heart of evil is not just a job its also a romantic getaway. The Lost Book of the White is a Shadowhunters novel.Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. Theyre living together in a fabulous loft their warlock son Max has started learning to walk and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet—as peaceful and quiet as they ever are anyway.Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnuss apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. They need to follow the thieves to Shanghai they need to call some backup to accompany them and they need a babysitter.Also someone has stabbed Magnus with a strange magical weapon and the wound is glowing so they have that to worry about too.Fortunately their backup consists of Clary Jace Isabelle and newly minted Shadowhunter Simon. In Shanghai they learn that a much darker threat awaits them. Magnuss magic is growing unstable and if they cant stop the demons flooding into the city they might have to follow them all the way back to the source—to the very realm of the dead. Can they stop the threat to the world? Will they make it back home before their kid completely wears out Alecs mom?(less)